Apple
ASE - Engineering Program Manager, Search and Answer Relevance
$138K–$264K
Santa Clara, California +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 14, 2026
- Location
- Santa Clara, California
Seattle, Washington - Experience
- 3+ years; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
About the job
Leads cross-functional programs to deliver and improve Apple Search and world-knowledge answering experiences, focusing on relevance, quality, and launch decisions.
What you'll do
- Manage schedules, dependencies, risks, critical paths, and program communications across teams.
- Drive measurement and improvement of relevance, quality, usage, and user experience, including internal feedback and experimentation.
- Prioritize experiments, manage testing budgets, and lead executive ship-room discussions.
What they ask for
- 3+ years driving large-scale programs building machine-learning-powered products.
- Strong program management skills, including structuring programs and managing interdependent workstreams.
- Solid knowledge of technical system architecture and systems design tradeoffs.
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
Nice to have
- Experience delivering search and generative-answer relevance metrics and quality improvements in large-scale products.
- Experience coordinating multiple significant client/server software products across organizations of 100+.
Pay
$137,500 and $250,700 (base salary); $144,600 and $263,800 (base salary)
Tools
Large Language Models, machine learning
AI focus
Works with AI and deep-learning engineers applying AI technologies, including Large Language Models, to improve search and answering experiences and relevance.
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