About the role

What will you do at Apple?

The Maps Evaluation team is looking for a senior AI/ML engineer to help develop

the next generation of Maps Evaluation techniques and tools, to evaluate Maps

ML-based systems and features. The engineering position is a role suited for

candidates who enjoy approaching a variety of problems with small teams to make

an outsized impact on Apple products. The ideal candidate will have experience

building and evaluating AI agentic system, search and recommendation systems,

NLP systems, and/or GenAI features.

DESCRIPTION

As an AI/ML engineer on the Maps Evaluation team, you have the opportunity to

build AI-based techniques and tools to bring the quality of Maps ML-based

systems to the next level. You will also be deeply involved in evaluating the

GenAI based Maps features. You will work closely with PMs, machine learning

engineers and scientists, developers, statisticians and other evaluation

engineers to improve a core product that touches millions of users worldwide

every single day.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

7+ years of software development experience with at least one major language

such as Java or Python 7+ years of experience in designing and evaluating

search, recommendation systems, or relevant systems 7+ years of hands-on

experience in training ML models for production Master’s degree in Machine

Learning, Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related fields.

Proven record of influencing and partnering with PMs, Software Developers and

Machine Learning engineers/scientists

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

PhD degree in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Electrical/Computer

Engineering, or related fields, with good publication record Experience in

building and evaluating GenAI-based products or features Proficiency of using

analytical tools (e.g.: Jupyter Notebook) for data analysis and visualization

Which skills does this role require?

AI Agentic SystemsSearch SystemsRecommendation SystemsNLPGenerative AIJavaPythonML Model TrainingData VisualizationAIMaps ServicesMLOpsAgentic SystemsLLMs

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