Machine Learning Engineering Manager, Evaluation, Agentic Search Capabilities, Proactive
AppleMachine Learning Engineering Manager, Evaluation, Agentic Search Capabilities, Proactive
AppleLocation
Santa Clara, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
9/26/2026
Compensation
Not listed
Job description
The Siri team is focused on enhancing how users access information across Apple devices while prioritizing privacy. As a Machine Learning Engineering Manager, you will lead efforts to evaluate and improve personalized search applications within the Agentic Search Evaluation team. Your role involves shaping the quality assessment of search experiences that power Siri and other Apple services. You will oversee the design of evaluation systems and metrics frameworks to ensure continuous improvement in search quality.
Requirements
- 6 or more years of industry experience building machine learning or machine learning evaluation systems at scale
- 2 or more years of industry experience in technical leadership or management
- Knowledge of machine learning fundamentals, neural network architectures, and software engineering in Python or C/C++
- Communication and collaboration skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field
- Experience designing and building production machine learning systems in search, natural language processing, recommendation systems, or information retrieval
- Experience in data collection, data generation, or data quality assessment of language, image, or multimodal data
- Advanced degree (Master's or Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience
Responsibilities
- Lead a team focused on evaluating Agentic Search experiences that power personalized Siri AI.
- Drive solutions across search quality, data quality, and both offline and online metrics.
- Design and build evaluation systems for personalized search applications.
- Develop data generation and curation methods for quality assessment.
- Create metrics frameworks for continuous improvement of search applications.
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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