Job Description

Join Apple's ASE Human Centered AI Research team as a Senior or Staff Platform Engineer to develop core evaluation frameworks and tools that enhance AI evaluation research and streamline the development process. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions that bridge the gap between research and production.

Requirements

Practical experience building or evaluating applications powered by large language models
Experience designing platforms or frameworks that shorten the path from prototype to production
Familiarity with distributed data processing and large-scale compute for AI workloads
Experience with inference optimization frameworks
Experience with LLM orchestration frameworks
Contributions to or deep engagement with open-source developer tooling or ML frameworks
Experience mentoring other engineers and raising a team’s engineering standards
Demonstrated mastery in engineering robust, maintainable, and operable software systems
Deep expertise in Python, with excellence in designing high-quality APIs and SDKs
Deep experience (5+ years) in platform engineering or adjacent roles
Demonstrated track record of driving adoption of developer tools
Experience with ML development lifecycle and ML platform development
Understanding of standard AI stack components
Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

Architect and build core evaluation frameworks, systems, and tools
Empower applied research and accelerate AI development
Collaborate with researchers, developers, engineers, and other users
Ensure solutions are easy to adopt and scalable
Help set engineering standards for evaluation systems across ASE
Mentor researchers and engineers on best practices for AI tooling