Job Description

The people here at Apple don't just build products- they craft the kind of wonder that has revolutionized entire industries. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that encourages the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Imagine what you could do here. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it! A job at Apple is unlike any other you've had. You will be challenged. You will be inspired. And you'll be proud! At Apple, phenomenal ideas have a way of becoming phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job, and there's no telling what you could accomplish! At Apple, we work every single day to craft products that enrich people's lives. Our Advertising Platforms group makes it possible for people around the world to easily access informative and imaginative content on their devices while helping publishers and developers promote and monetize their work. Our technology and services power advertising in Apple News and Search Ads in App Store. Our platforms are highly-performant, deployed at scale, and setting new standards for enabling effective advertising while protecting user privacy. As part of our geographical expansion, we're looking for strong Software Development Engineer (Data) to build highly scalable data platforms and services. The people here at Apple don't just build products - they build the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. Imagine what you could do here.
Description
Leadership: Guide a team of engineers responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining low-latency, high-volume ad delivery systems. Planning: Set and manage the strategic direction, goals, and vision for the engineering team in alignment with the overall organizational strategy. Technical: Oversee the design, development, and optimization of highly scalable, distributed systems using Java, Scala, or C++. Collaboration: Partner with other team leads and stakeholders across geographies to deliver on shared objectives/goals. Staff Development: Mentor individual team members, promoting a culture of innovation and excellence; nurture their career progression. Data Engineering and ML: Responsible for delivering and operating efficient data pipelines and applying machine learning techniques to enhance ad targeting and measurement. You will be creative in developing the right tools and metrics to ensure the success of the platform and features. You will help tune and solve issues, and have an eye for quality and correctness in all you do. You will be called upon to communicate complex issues to product and business teams and drive the right balance of business and engineering impact. You will drive, advocate and build consensus on design, coding and team best practices. The role will require smooth collaboration across multiple partners in multiple geo-locations.
Minimum Qualifications

• 12+ years of Industry experience in designing, implementing and delivering complex, scalable and resilient platforms and services
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree
• Experience in managing and mentoring a team of impactful software engineers working on internet-scale products.
• Experience in building low-latency and high-throughput distributed systems or services.
• Hands-on experience in Java, Scala or C++.
• Experience with big data technologies (Spark/Kafka/Kubernetes/Spark streaming) and other open source data technologies
• Experience in NoSQL data-stores (e.g Cassandra, Elastic Search/Solr), OLTP
• Sound experience in Cloud technologies (e.g AWS)
• Ability to understand vague business problems and convert them into working solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• MS in Computer Science preferred
• Excellent spoken and written interpersonal skills with a collaborative mindset.

Skills Required