Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Evaluation, Agentic Search Capabilities
AppleSenior Machine Learning Engineer, Evaluation, Agentic Search Capabilities
AppleLocation
Cupertino, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
10/15/2026
Compensation
Not listed
Job description
The Agentic Search team at Apple is focused on enhancing how users access information while prioritizing privacy. As a senior Machine Learning Engineer, you will contribute to the development and evaluation of personalized search applications that improve user experiences across various Apple products. Your work will involve creating scalable systems for data generation and quality assessment, ensuring that search applications effectively utilize personal data while maintaining privacy. This role offers the opportunity to directly impact the quality of innovative search experiences powered by Siri and other Apple services.
Requirements
- 6+ years of industry experience in building Machine Learning or ML evaluation systems at scale.
- Strong software engineering skills in mainstream programming languages, such as Python and C/C++.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field.
- Experience in designing and building production ML systems and applications in search, NLP, recommendation systems, or information retrieval.
- Strong skills in data collection, data generation, and data quality assessment of language, image, or multi-modal data.
- Advanced degree (Master's or Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field, or equivalent industry work experience.
Responsibilities
- Build scalable systems for comprehensive evaluation of personalized model and search systems.
- Develop data generation and curation methodologies to support evaluations.
- Design online and offline metrics for product quality assessment.
- Drive solutions for data generation, data quality assessment, and statistical model evaluation.
- Collaborate with partner teams to assess and improve the quality of agentic 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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