Sr. Manager, ML & Data Platform Engineering Programs - Apple Services Engineering

Full-time - Manager

Seattle, WA

About the position

Apple Services Engineering team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s long-held passion for combining art and technology. The Cloud Infrastructure team enables Apple’s apps and services, and we do it on a massive scale, to hundreds of millions of customers in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries. Our Engineering Program Managers partner with engineers who build secure, end-to-end solutions. Thanks to Apple’s unique integration of hardware, software, and services, engineers and Program Managers work together to build a single unified vision. Apple is seeking an experienced manager to lead a team of Engineering Program Managers focused on building Apple’s Data Platform. The 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 AI/ML applications. Our solutions must scale globally, be highly available, performant, and simply "just work". Do you feel a personal stake in everything that you work on, thrive in fast-paced environments with lots of ambiguity, and enjoy working with complex technologies? Do you foster strong relationships, build trust, and influence without direct authority? Do you communicate openly and clearly, collaborate enthusiastically, and value a culture of healthy debate? If so, we want to talk to you!

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Engineering Program Managers focused on building Apple’s Data Platform.
• Develop and execute strategic decisions while maintaining a broad organizational perspective.
• Facilitate process improvement and standard operating procedures to achieve required maturity and effectiveness.
• Build and manage relationships with diverse engineering teams to ensure collective success.
• Partner with teams across Apple to develop the platform that powers analytics and ML engineering.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience managing Engineering Program Managers and leading highly efficient and impactful teams.
• 10+ years proven experience in software development program management for cloud infrastructure platforms and technologies.
• Technical proficiency with ML infrastructure, frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow, Jupyter notebooks, Spark, Trino, Flink, SQL, Python, and other advanced analytical tools.
• A history of leadership, decision making, negotiation skills, and ability to influence partners without direct authority.
• Proven track record in delivering programs and driving new strategic initiatives across an organization.
• High-level of technical competency and experience collaborating directly with highly technical teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong relationship management and facilitation skills within diverse engineering teams and cross-functional organizations.
• Outstanding presentation skills, both written and oral.

Nice-to-haves

• Proven self-starter, who is dedicated and demonstrates creative and critical thinking abilities.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• Discounted products and free services.
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses, including tuition.
• Discretionary bonuses or commission payments.
• Relocation assistance.