Job Details

Role Number: 200616697-3401

Summary

We're building the next generation of AI evaluation systems — and we're looking for a
hands-on engineer who can bridge ML, software, and product to make AI systems more
measurable, testable, and trustworthy.

We’re part of the AI/ML Evaluation organization, seeking a Senior or Staff-level Applied
ML Engineer with strong software engineering skills and a solid understanding of
machine learning. In this hands-on role, you’ll help design and build intelligent systems
that simulate complex interactions (including agentic workflows powered by LLMs),
develop tools for extracting structured insights, and create robust evaluation datasets.
You’ll also contribute to building scalable platforms for simulation and behavior analysis.
This role sits at the intersection of ML, engineering, and product — ideal for someone
passionate about bringing clarity and rigor to real-world AI performance.

Description

We’re looking for a pragmatic engineer who thrives at the intersection of machine
learning and software development — capable of building robust, scalable systems that
support evaluation and development of advanced AI capabilities, including large
language models and agentic behaviors.

A successful candidate is comfortable navigating ML, systems, and product domains.
You bring strong software engineering fundamentals, experience building and
maintaining end-to-end pipelines, and a practical understanding of how to evaluate AI
systems in real-world contexts. You’re curious about how LLMs behave in interactive or
agentic settings, thoughtful about evaluation design, and eager to build tools that
improve visibility and trust in AI. Above all, you enjoy collaborating across disciplines
and bringing structure to complex, evolving problems.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, ML engineering, or applied ML roles

• Proficiency in Python or another modern programming language (e.g., Java, Go, Swift)

• Experience building and maintaining production-grade systems

• Solid understanding of machine learning concepts, especially LLMs and their

• applications

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with cross-functional partners

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on AI evaluation systems, LLM-based simulations, or agentic AI

• frameworks

• Background in building tools for data analysis, model evaluation, or synthetic data

• generation

• Familiarity with metrics instrumentation and observability in ML systems

• Experience designing pipelines for AI/ML workflows

• Exposure to applied research, generative models, or real-time systems

• Understanding of how model quality connects to product outcomes and user

• experience

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