Engineering Manager, Scalable API Platforms

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 206,200 - 356,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Discretionary bonuses

Relocation assistance

Medical and dental coverage

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California, is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Core Services team responsible for the online content system powering catalog and editorial metadata across Apple services.

You will guide a geographically distributed group of engineers building scalable web services and a globally distributed API. This role blends technical leadership with strategic partnership to product management and executives, shaping roadmap, investments, and platform capabilities

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science with 10+ years in related field.
• 5+ years building and managing engineering teams central to product and platform development.
• Experience engaging senior technical leadership and cross-team negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Core Services team responsible for central services and platform capabilities.
• Partner with Product Management and senior leadership to shape roadmap and investments.
• Drive scalable, globally distributed API development and data modeling strategies.
• Oversee caching and content liveness systems to ensure reliability and performance.

Skills

Java

Scala

Clojure

Distributed systems

Leadership

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science

Tools

Solr

Redis

Memcached

Cassandra

Voldemort

Job description

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California, is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Core Services team responsible for the online content system powering catalog and editorial metadata across Apple services.

You will guide a geographically distributed group of engineers building scalable web services and a globally distributed API. This role blends technical leadership with strategic partnership to product management and executives, shaping roadmap, investments, and platform capabilities