Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Evaluation Platform

About the role

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.