Apple
AI/ML Evaluation Specialist, Human Data
$145K–$264K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Jul 2, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years; preferred: 2+ years in frontier AI data strategy and evaluation.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Cognitive Science, Linguistics, or a related field that includes an experimental or empirical component.
About the job
Leads human-data collection, annotation, and evaluation programs for multilingual AI features, improving data quality, scalability, and human-centered practices.
What you'll do
- Lead end-to-end human-data programs, including planning, delivery, and retrospectives.
- Develop measurement, quality-control, onboarding, and calibration frameworks for annotation workforces.
- Improve workflows and data pipelines, coordinate cross-functional partners, and ensure compliant data collection.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Cognitive Science, Linguistics, or a related field with an experimental or empirical component.
- 4+ years leading cross-team AI/ML human-data programs involving annotation operations, quality frameworks, and evaluation strategies in an NLP/NLU or generative AI environment.
- Proficiency in Python, R, and SQL; hands-on experience designing and managing 0→1 human-in-the-loop data collection, annotation, and evaluation initiatives, including agentic workflows.
- Experience with diverse data types and multiple languages; expertise in annotation quality management, statistical process controls, and data quality metrics.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or higher in Cognitive Science, Linguistics, or a related field with an experimental or empirical component.
- 2+ years owning data strategy for frontier AI development and evaluation, including human alignment methodologies and agentic GenAI systems.
Pay
$144,600 and $263,800 USD base salary
Tools
Python, R, SQL, ETL
AI focus
Human-data operations and evaluation for multilingual, multimodal, and multi-turn AI features; applies human-centered AI and agentic workflows to improve generative AI quality, safety, reliability, and scalability.
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