Engineering Leader, Data Engineering
Core
Lead a large data engineering organization to design, develop, and operate massive-scale data pipelines and services for Apple's commerce, payments, and content domains, driving the shift to an AI-first data architecture.
Role type
Senior engineering leader (IC + management)
Builds
Massive-scale data pipelines, services, and AI-ready data platforms
Domain
Consumer internet, media, commerce, payments
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Large-scale data systems architecture, team leadership (50+ engineers), technology modernization, distributed team management, cross-functional influence, data quality & privacy governance
Preferred skills
Spark, Flink, Kafka, Apache Iceberg, Snowflake, AI/ML data pipelines, consumer-internet scale operations, commerce/payments/media domain expertise
Technologies
Spark, Flink, Kafka, Apache Iceberg, Snowflake
Responsibilities
Set technical direction and team structure for data engineering; oversee design and operation of massive-scale data pipelines; drive technology modernization and AI-first architecture shifts; partner with product and research teams; recruit and develop engineering talent; establish engineering standards for data quality and privacy; communicate data strategy to executive stakeholders
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities
