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Apple

Machine Learning Engineering Manager, Responsible AI and Safety - AIML/SWE

$196K–$356K

Cupertino, California +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jul 24, 2026

Location
Cupertino, California
Seattle, Washington
Experience
5+ years in machine learning, including generative models, NLP, or computer vision; 2+ years directly managing engineering teams.
Education
BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field, or equivalent experience.

About the job

Leads an engineering team developing and operating safety policies, evaluations, and mitigation strategies for global generative AI products.

What you'll do

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of machine learning engineers and set technical direction for responsible AI.
  • Define safety policies and oversee dataset design, alignment strategies, and production mitigation architectures.
  • Analyze evaluation results and failures, using human and automated feedback to improve safety before and after launch.

What they ask for

  • 5+ years of machine learning experience, including generative models, NLP, or computer vision, and 2+ years directly managing engineering teams.
  • Track record leading technical teams through ambiguity to deliver high-quality, high-impact results.
  • Proficiency in Python and data science libraries (e.g. Pandas), with data analysis, visualization, and applied ML workflow skills.
  • Experience interpreting human and automated evaluations and collecting and analyzing language, vision, or multimodal datasets.

Nice to have

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience shipping complex AI systems at global scale; background in model explainability or interpretability.

Pay

$206,200 and $356,400 (base salary); $195,700 and $338,400 (base salary)

Tools

Python, Pandas, Transformers, LLMs, VLMs

AI focus

Responsible AI safety for generative AI: risk assessment, policy, alignment, evaluation, monitoring, and mitigation for large language and multimodal models.

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