Senior Solutions Engineering Leader – Data & AI Platform

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Employee stock programs

Stock Purchase Plan

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Solutions Engineering team for the Apple Data Platform in Cupertino. You will guide architecture, onboarding, integration, and production readiness across ADP components, partnering with ADP engineering to close platform gaps and scale adoption.

The role demands deep technical leadership with strong executive presence and the ability to translate customer needs into reusable platform capabilities and reference architectures.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical teams and engaging with executive stakeholders.
• Proven ability to architect and productionize large-scale data/AI workloads.
• Strong background in distributed systems and cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead Solutions Engineering across data, AI, and governance.
• Represent ADP with Apple executives and align roadmap priorities.
• Own customer journey from architecture to production adoption across ADP components.
• Turn recurring needs into reference architectures and reusable solutions.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Data platforms

AI/ML

Executive engagement

Education

BS or MS in CS/Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Spark

Kafka

Ray

Trino

Iceberg

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Solutions Engineering team for the Apple Data Platform in Cupertino. You will guide architecture, onboarding, integration, and production readiness across ADP components, partnering with ADP engineering to close platform gaps and scale adoption.

The role demands deep technical leadership with strong executive presence and the ability to translate customer needs into reusable platform capabilities and reference architectures.