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Core Services Media API Engineering Manager - Platforms Team

Cupertino, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-14 → 2026-09-28

Core

Lead a distributed engineering team building scalable online content systems, API gateways, and platform infrastructure for Apple Services (App Store, Apple Music, etc.).

Role type

Senior Engineering Manager (Platform/Infrastructure)

Builds

Globally distributed API, NoSQL data stores, caching systems, and content liveness systems for Apple Services.

Domain

Consumer Technology / Distributed Systems

Required skills

Scalable web services, NoSQL data stores (Solr, Redis, Cassandra), Java, Scala, Clojure, Strategic planning, Cross-functional negotiation, Team leadership, Hiring, Data structures and algorithms

Preferred skills

International team management, Hands-on code reviews, Big Data processing (Spark, Flink)

Responsibilities

Lead engineering team for core services and platform infrastructure; Shape product direction and roadmap prioritization; Navigate cross-functional negotiations; Drive architectural decisions; Oversee caching and content liveness systems.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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