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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