Apple
AIML - Sr Data Scientist, Evaluation
$175K–$325K
Cupertino, California +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Nov 12, 2025
- Location
- Cupertino, California
Seattle, Washington - Experience
- 5 years of relevant work experience.
- Education
- Advanced degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Operational Research, Bioinformatics, Economics, Psychology, Computer Science, Sociology, Mathematics, Physics, or similar quantitative field.
About the job
Develops data-driven evaluation methods and insights to improve Apple search, Siri, Apple Intelligence, and other user-facing products.
What you'll do
- Develop evaluation methods and analyze large, complex datasets to assess product quality, experiments, and risks.
- Build and prototype analysis pipelines, and translate methodological developments into tools used by product engineering.
- Partner with engineering teams to guide search quality, feature development, machine-learning algorithms, and user-experience evaluations.
What they ask for
- At least 5 years of relevant work experience.
- Advanced degree in a quantitative field.
- Proficiency in data science, machine learning, analytics, and statistical data analysis; experience designing and interpreting experiments and investigations.
- Strong programming and data-querying skills, including SQL and/or Spark and a scripting language such as Python, R, or Scala.
Nice to have
- Experience with methods addressing accuracy and variability in human annotation data.
- Ability to collaborate across functions and drive projects of varying sizes and scopes.
Pay
$184,700 and $324,800 USD (base salary); $175,000 and $308,500 USD (base salary)
Tools
SQL, Spark, Python, R, Scala
AI focus
Evaluates Siri and Apple Intelligence; applies prompt engineering and builds LLMs as judges.
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