Apple
ML Engineer - Automated Evaluation and Adversarial Design
$142K–$278K
Culver City, California +3 · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Location
- Culver City, California
Cupertino, California
San Diego, California
Seattle, Washington - Experience
- 4+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or a related field.
About the job
Builds automated evaluation systems and adversarial tests to assess AI feature quality, especially across multi-turn conversations and agent workflows.
What you'll do
- Design evaluation methods and frameworks for single-turn and multi-turn AI experiences.
- Build adversarial test suites and stress-test pipelines for model and agent failure modes.
- Align automated and human evaluations, integrate evaluation into release workflows, and communicate readiness findings.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or a related field.
- 4+ years building or significantly extending ML evaluation systems, including benchmarks or quality frameworks for sequential or multi-step outputs.
- Experience defining evaluation architecture and methodology for AI/ML systems and designing multi-turn adversarial or red-teaming tests.
- Experience with Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, or equivalent) in production or near-production settings; track record owning technical direction across multiple features or product areas.
Nice to have
- Experience evaluating user-facing AI features, productivity or creative applications, conversational AI, dialogue systems, or agentic workflows.
- Familiarity with agent orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen) and observability tooling (LangSmith, Braintrust, Arize).
Pay
$142,300 and $263,300 (base salary); $150,400 and $277,600 (base salary)
Tools
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, LangSmith
AI focus
Develops and evaluates AI feature quality, including adversarial testing and stress testing of multi-turn conversations and agent workflows.
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