Drimva

Apple

ML - Data Scientist

$185K–$325K

Sunnyvale, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026

Experience
Minimum 5 years of relevant industry experience; 5+ years in data science, machine learning evaluation, algorithm analysis, or related technical disciplines.
Education
MS

About the job

Builds evaluation systems and quality signals for generative image and video features, guiding model development and release decisions.

What you'll do

  • Design and maintain representative evaluation sets and golden sets; analyze coverage and data distributions.
  • Run human annotation programs and develop automated metrics and LLM-as-judge systems, calibrating them against human labels.
  • Analyze and communicate model comparisons, statistical findings, root causes, and prioritized recommendations to partner teams.

What they ask for

  • MS degree and minimum 5 years of relevant industry experience.
  • 5+ years in data science, machine learning evaluation, algorithm analysis, or related technical disciplines.
  • Experience designing and analyzing ML or generative-model evaluations and experiments, including sampling design, significance testing, and confidence intervals.
  • Strong Python skills and comfort with SQL; familiarity with AI-assisted analysis workflows, foundation models, agentic systems, or intelligent automation.

Nice to have

  • Experience with 3D Gaussian splats, diffusion models, or perceptual quality; or building and validating LLM or VLM judges against human ratings.
  • Experience building web-based labeling or review tools.

Pay

USD $184,700 to $324,800 base pay

Tools

Python, SQL, LLM, VLM, 3D Gaussian splats

AI focus

Evaluates generative image and video features; develops automated metrics and LLM-as-judge systems, calibrates them against human labels, and uses AI-assisted analysis workflows.

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First seen Oct 21, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)