Apple
Evaluation Science Lead
$176K–$312K
Austin, Texas +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Cupertino, California - Experience
- 5+ years in evaluation science, data science, or ML systems development.
- Education
- Preferred: Master’s, PhD, or comparable experience in Statistics, Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Psychometrics, Data Science, or a related quantitative field.
About the job
Leads the science and operations of evaluating multilingual AI-powered globalization solutions across Apple Services, turning rigorous measurement into actionable product and engineering decisions.
What you'll do
- Set evaluation strategy and design statistically grounded methods and workflows combining human annotation and automated scoring.
- Translate evaluation results into recommendations and go/no-go evidence, and build performance monitoring and drift detection.
- Improve evaluation rubrics and practices with Quality Operations, Engineering, and other teams.
What they ask for
- 5+ years in evaluation science, data science, or ML systems development, including end-to-end ownership of evaluation systems at scale.
- Experience with statistical methods, measurement validity, annotator agreement, and annotation protocols.
- Proficiency with R, Python, and SQL; experience designing evaluation frameworks used by operational teams.
- Strong communication skills; discretion with confidential information; ability to work onsite and occasional evenings/weekends, with up to 10% travel.
Nice to have
- Master’s, PhD, or comparable experience in a related quantitative field.
- Experience evaluating generative AI, A/B testing, causal inference, experimental design, or applied linguistics.
Pay
$175,500 and $311,700 USD base salary
Tools
R, Python, SQL, autograders, LLM-as-judge
AI focus
Develops evaluation science for multilingual AI, including human and automated assessment, generative AI evaluation, and monitoring model quality across languages and markets.
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