Drimva

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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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)