January 8, 2025

Senior Engineering Manager, Apple Data Platform Experience

Senior • On-site

$219,300 - $378,700/yr

Cupertino, CA

Summary

Posted:
Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number:200585397
Apple Data Platform powers analytics and ML engineering for Siri, Search, and other ML features we all love in our Apple products. The mission of the Data Platform org is to provide our ML engineers and data users a secured, reliable, and easy-to-use infrastructure for ingesting, storing, processing, and interacting with data and ultimately enable teams across Apple on building their data-intensive and AI/ML applications. You will work with many cross-functional teams and lead the planning, execution, and success of technical projects with the ultimate purpose of improving data and ML user experience for Data Platform serving across Apple. We are looking for engineering leaders who have passion for user experience. Are you passionate about building scalable, reliable, maintainable infrastructure and solving data and user experience problems at scale? Come join us and be part of the Data Platform journey.

Description

You will be responsible for driving the overall user experience for Apple Data Platform, engaging with stakeholders to ensure proper UX design, and managing teams of engineers that design and implement user interfaces for secured large scale data services to users across Apple. We embrace the use of open source technologies including Spark, Flink, Trino, and Iceberg for data processing. You will be leading a team of high profile engineers and managers on enabling all Data Platform features with great user experience at Apple scale. Responsibilities include: * Manage, lead, mentor, and grow an organization of engineers and provide effective coaching to managers * Define technical vision and strategy for large scale data platform experience. Design and drive a technical roadmap with focused execution * Collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional leaders in engineering, product, and operations across Apple to understand their requirements and drive adoption of our data platform with excellence in user experience * Inspire teams to innovate, invent, and implement scalable solutions for complex data problems * Provide guidance and establish processes to ensure engineering excellence and operational sustainability * Foster a healthy, inclusive, collaborative, and technology-driven culture, and a high output team

Minimum Qualifications

  • 15+ years of software development experience, with 10+ years managing engineering teams
  • 8+ years of experience in user experience and UI engineering. Proficient in large scale web development, UI frameworks, UX design methodology, and user testing on data products
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to collaborate cross-functionally with program managers and engineering partners
  • Experience in influencing and driving key product innovations and opportunities across diverse stakeholders
  • Passionate about operational excellence through proper automation and engineering processes
  • Being methodical in ensuring web infrastructure is built in an optimized and sustainable manner
  • Strong distributed systems and engineering background
  • Superb problem-solving skills, and able to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
  • BS, MS, or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with open source development
  • Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, security, and data privacy

Pay & Benefits

  • At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $219,300 and $378,700, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

    Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

    Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

  • Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.