Software Engineering Manager - Strategic Data Solutions.

Lex; Cork; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple's Strategic Data Solutions (SDS) team seeks a hands-on Software Engineering Manager to deliver analytic solutions with an enhanced user experience. The role focuses on Enterprise Decision Automation, protecting Apple and customers from fraud, waste, and abuse.

You will lead a Cork-based team of 5–6 engineers and partner with data scientists, ML engineers, PMs, and business partners. You balance technical leadership with people management, grow talent, and ship solutions solving real

Qualifications

• 3+ years leading software engineers or tech leads
• Hands-on production software in Python/Java
• Experience owning end-to-end delivery
• Experience working with non-engineering partners to gather priorities
• Experience with teams across multiple locations/time zones

Responsibilities

• Directly manage, coach and grow Cork-based engineering team
• Contribute to functional/technical roadmap with regional counterparts
• Collaborate with fraud investigators, analysts, PMs and business partners to deliver outcomes
• Ensure reliable, scalable production software and automation
• Own delivery end-to-end from planning to deployment and monitoring
• Coordinate across time zones to keep distributed org aligned
• Align with broader SWE organization on technical patterns and craft

Skills

Leadership

Hands-on coding

Python/Java

Delivery ownership

Cross-functional

Distributed teams

Education

CS or related field / equivalent

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Airflow

Snowflake

Splunk

Superset

Job description

Summary

Apple's Strategic Data Solutions (SDS) team is seeking a hands‑on, self‑motivated Software Engineering Manager to deliver cutting‑edge analytical solutions with enhanced user experience. Our mission is Enterprise Decision Automation, protecting Apple and our customers from fraud, waste, and abuse. Your contributions will be pivotal to our success.

Do you thrive on solving complex challenges with direct, meaningful impact? Are you passionate about building tools and systems that enable data analysis over petabytes of data?

Do you want to work alongside talented Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers, Software Engineers, Program Managers, and Apple business partners? If so, we'd love to have you on our team!

Description

With the expansive data we have, our job is to build meaningful tools and solutions that empower our internal partners and drive fraud prevention across Apple. The Solutions SWE team is a global, cross‑LOB (line-of-business) engineering team focused on four core areas: efficiency solutions, internal tooling, operational excellence, and direct LOB support.

As the Engineering Manager for Solutions SWE, you will directly lead and grow a team of 5-6 Engineers based in Cork, Ireland (EMEA), while contributing to the broader functional roadmap across regions. You will balance hands‑on technical leadership with people management, developing talent, and partnering with fraud investigators, analysts, engineers, product managers, and business partners to ship solutions that solve real business problems.

Responsibilities

• Directly managing, coaching, and growing the engineering team in Cork, including hiring, performance management, and career development
• Contributing to the functional and technical roadmap for Solutions SWE, in partnership with regional counterparts
• Partnering with fraud investigators, analysts, product managers, and business partners to gather requirements, set priorities, and deliver outcomes
• Ensuring the team ships reliable, scalable production software and automation that reduces manual work across operations, analytics, and engineering
• Owning delivery end‑to‑end from planning and development through deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement
• Coordinating across time zones and regional teams to keep a distributed organization aligned and effective
• Partnering with the broader SWE organization to align on technical patterns and grow the engineering craft of the team

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years leading software engineers, either as a people manager or as a technical lead who directed the day-to-day work of a team of at least 3 engineers
• Hands‑on experience writing and shipping production software in Python, Java, or a comparable language, with code contributions in the last 2 years
• Experience owning delivery end to end, from planning and development through deployment, monitoring and iteration
• Experience working with non‑engineering partners (for example product, operations, analysts or business stakeholders) to gather requirements and agree on priorities
• Experience working with teams spread across multiple locations or time zones

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with or exposure to machine learning, useful for partnering with MLEs
• Track record of quickly getting productive with new AI/LLM tooling.
• Hands‑on experience with cloud infrastructure and container orchestration (AWS, Kubernetes)
• Experience with data pipeline, warehousing, and/or observability tooling (Airflow, Snowflake, Splunk, Superset)
• Expertise in real‑time systems, modern architecture, and data processing at scale
• Experience building systems for fraud prevention or similarly challenging problems
• Educational background in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience

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Role Number: 200687341-1418