Principal Data Architect & Team Lead, Lakehouse Platform

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); Hybrid; USD 238,000 - 402,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock programs

Relocation assistance

Tuition/education reimbursement

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Principal Data Architect and Manager to lead and own the end-to-end architecture of a real-time, petabyte-scale data backbone that powers search, ranking, and on-device experiences. You will mentor a team of data engineers, set a technical vision, and drive production delivery.

You will define the lakehouse architecture, governance, and streaming backbone while prioritizing privacy constraints and cross-team collaboration with ML, search, and platform teams.

Qualifications

• MS degree in Computer Science or related field; 12+ years in data architecture/engineering/platform engineering.
• Proven experience leading engineers, hiring, performance mgmt, and mentorship of senior ICs/managers.
• Track record shipping petabyte-scale, low-latency data platforms in production.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end architecture of a multi-layer lakehouse on cloud storage at petabyte scale.
• Establish data governance, schema registries, lineage, and privacy-aligned controls.

Skills

Data architecture leadership

Cloud architecture

Streaming systems

Cross-team collaboration

Education

MS in Computer Science

Tools

Kafka

Spark Structured Streaming

Iceberg/Delta

Prometheus/Grafana

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking a Principal Data Architect and Manager to lead and own the end-to-end architecture of a real-time, petabyte-scale data backbone that powers search, ranking, and on-device experiences. You will mentor a team of data engineers, set a technical vision, and drive production delivery.

You will define the lakehouse architecture, governance, and streaming backbone while prioritizing privacy constraints and cross-team collaboration with ML, search, and platform teams.