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Apple

Machine Learning Engineering Manager, Evaluation, Agentic Search Capabilities

$206K–$356K

Cupertino, California · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026

Experience
6 or more years in machine learning or machine learning evaluation systems at scale; 2 or more years in technical leadership or management.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field. Preferred: advanced degree in a related field, or equivalent industry experience.

About the job

Leads a team building evaluation systems and metrics to assess and improve personalized Agentic Search and Personal Question Answering experiences for Siri.

What you'll do

  • Lead engineers in building scalable, automated end-to-end evaluation systems for personalized Agentic Search.
  • Develop offline and online quality metrics and drive iterative product improvement.
  • Set technical vision for personalized Siri Search quality and coordinate evaluation requirements with partner teams.

What they ask for

  • 6 or more years of industry experience building machine learning or machine learning evaluation systems at scale.
  • 2 or more years of industry experience in technical leadership or management.
  • Knowledge of machine learning fundamentals, neural network architectures, and software engineering in Python or C/C++.
  • Communication and collaboration skills; bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field.

Nice to have

  • Production machine learning systems experience in search, natural language processing, recommendation systems, or information retrieval.
  • Experience with data collection, generation, or quality assessment for language, image, or multimodal data; advanced degree or equivalent industry experience.

Pay

USD $206,200 to $356,400 base salary

Tools

Python, C/C++

AI focus

Evaluates and improves personalized AI search and Personal Question Answering, including evaluation systems, data generation and curation, and quality metrics, with privacy at the forefront.

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