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As these systems increasingly rely on human-in-the-loop evaluation, the quality of our products is directly constrained by the speed of our evaluation processes. We believe that to build exceptional AI, you need exceptional evaluation operation tools.\nApple Services Engineering (ASE) powers the AI and LLM features behind experiences that hundreds of millions of users love every day. As these systems increasingly rely on human-in-the-loop evaluation, the quality of our models is directly constrained by how fast, accurately, and systematically our operations can scale. We believe that to build exceptional AI, you need exceptional operational intelligence. In this role, you will own development of the data systems, predictive models, and self-service automation tools that optimize workforce capacity, forecast volatile demand, and transform evaluation operations into an agile, AI-driven platform.\nDescription\nThe ML Data Quality Operations team within Human-Centered AI is looking for an Applied Data Scientist to take technical ownership of our core Operations Intelligence and Decision Support stack. In this role, you will design, scale, and evolve the systems that drive systematic workforce planning, predictive demand forecasting, spend optimization, and real-time operational telemetry across our human-in-the-loop pipelines.\nYou will bridge applied quantitative modeling, data engineering, and intelligent automation-developing algorithmic forecasting models that absorb demand volatility and building conversational, tool-driven workflows that enable self-service operational decision-making. Your work will eliminate operational friction, turn complex resource and capacity constraints into automated decisions, and directly expand the throughput of Apple’s features evaluation workflows. 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