Staff Machine Learning Platform Engineer, AI Evaluation
AppleStaff Machine Learning Platform Engineer, AI Evaluation
AppleLocation
Seattle, WA
Type
Full-time
Posted
5/5/2026
Compensation
Not listed
Job description
Join Apple Services Engineering as a staff machine learning platform engineer to lead the design and development of high availability services and internal tools for AI evaluation. You will work closely with researchers to transform complex workflows into intuitive platforms, focusing on developer experience. This role emphasizes building scalable infrastructure and driving engineering standards for a new organization. You will be responsible for operationalizing sophisticated measurement techniques within a high-availability environment.
Requirements
- 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with a focus on platform or infrastructure domains.
- Strong proficiency in the Python ecosystem, including FastAPI, Pydantic, and Pandas.
- Experience leading technical partnerships with Data Scientists or Researchers.
- Strong expertise in API design and platform infrastructure.
- Operational excellence background with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and monitoring.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field; Master's preferred.
- Deep familiarity with AI evaluation frameworks and modern evaluation tools.
- Experience in deploying and managing evaluation services in production.
Responsibilities
- Lead the architectural design and development of high availability services for AI evaluation.
- Partner with researchers to operationalize innovations and create developer-first platforms.
- Drive engineering standards, ensuring code quality, automation, and testing rigor.
- Design and implement APIs, SDKs, and platform services for self-service evaluation.
- Own the deployment, scaling, and operational health of evaluation services.
- Instrument production ML evaluation pipelines to track performance metrics.
- Manage the engineering challenges associated with Generative AI and Agents.
- Navigate ambiguity to deliver complex technical roadmaps from scratch.
Benefits
- Employees at Apple are often offered comprehensive benefits that support physical and mental well-being—flexible medical plans, confidential counseling, onsite wellness centers at major campuses, and resources for fitness and daily life. Families typically receive fertility support, paid parental leave with gradual return, caregiving leave, and dependent-care guidance, while financial perks commonly include stock grants (with purchase discounts), 401(k) matching, and income-protection coverage. Employees also see robust time off, Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement, donation matching and paid volunteer hours, and deep product and partner discounts.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Apple Inc
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
1,065
FY2026
Approval rate
99.0%
FY2026
LCA certified
9,221
FY2026
Entry-level share
5.6%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
+30%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-35%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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