Apple

Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Evaluation Platform

Apple$130K — $180K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in Solutions Architecture, Forward-Deployed Engineering, or similar role.
  • Experience translating vague requirements into engineering specifications.
  • Understanding of AI/ML lifecycle and engineering challenges.
  • Experience collaborating with Applied Scientists or Researchers.
  • Strong communication skills for conveying complex ideas to various stakeholders.
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and establish clear roadmaps.
  • Familiarity with AI Evaluation Frameworks like DeepEval and Ragas.

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategic solutions and adoption initiatives within the organization.
  • Act as a liaison between science, platform engineering, and product management.
  • Transform complex workflows into user-friendly developer platforms.
  • Engage directly with ML practitioners to operationalize measurement techniques.
  • Convey developer insights to influence product and engineering roadmaps.
  • Facilitate internal alignment and external engagement with stakeholders.
  • Drive self-service adoption in tool design and research.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a rapidly growing AI organization.
  • Hybrid role allowing interaction with diverse teams.
  • Hands-on experience with cutting-edge ML practices.
  • Chance to influence product direction at an executive level.
Full Job Description
We are looking for a Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to lead the solutions and adoption strategy for our organization. In this highly strategic, hybrid role, you will act as the connective tissue between our science, platform engineering, and partner teams, transforming complex workflows into intuitive, developer-first platforms.

As the Lead FDE, you will balance deep technical advocacy with organizational execution. You will partner directly with Science, Platform Engineering, and Product Management to ensure we are building and adopting the right solutions. You will serve as a technical bridge between the research organization and the broader engineering ecosystem, ensuring our tools integrate seamlessly with existing ML infrastructure and developer workflows. You will spend your time equally between internal alignment and external engagement. You will be \"boots on the ground\" with ML practitioners across Apple, working hand-in-hand with researchers and developers to operationalize sophisticated measurement techniques. You will then bring those insights back to the team, representing the voice of the developer to help Product and Engineering leadership refine the roadmap. If you thrive in the ambiguity of new initiatives, are passionate about democratizing AI evaluation, and want to be the strategic bridge for a rapidly growing AI organization, this is the role for you.

5+ years of experience in Solutions Architecture, Forward-Deployed Engineering, Developer Advocacy, Technical Program Management, or a related highly technical, cross-functional role. Customer Obsession & Product Thinking: Experience acting as a technical partner to internal customers. You can translate vague requirements from other teams into concrete engineering specifications. Functional literacy in AI/ML concepts: You understand the fundamental lifecycle of machine learning (datasets, training vs. inference, evaluation metrics) and can discuss the engineering challenges involved. Demonstrated experience partnering with Applied Scientists or Researchers: You have the ability to navigate the ambiguity of research workflows and operationalize scientific code. Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to represent the platform to executive leadership, partner teams, and the broader engineering community. Demonstrated ability to navigate extreme ambiguity, define roadmaps where none existed, and influence without direct authority.

Deep familiarity with AI Evaluation Frameworks: You have used or contributed to modern evaluation tools like DeepEval, Ragas, TruLens, or LangSmith. Experience designing research or tools with self-service adoption as a first-class constraint. Previous experience operating in a \"Chief of Staff\" or strategic proxy capacity for a technical organization. A background in bridging research-heavy environments with production engineering teams

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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154,000 employees
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Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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