Engineering Program Manager, Cloud Compute, Apple Services Engineering

Apple•Seattle, WA

15h

About The Position

The Apple Services Engineering team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s long-held passion for combining art and technology. These are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books. And they do it on a massive scale, meeting Apple’s high expectations with high performance to deliver a huge variety of entertainment in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries. Our Program Managers partner with engineers who build secure, end-to-end solutions. Thanks to Apple’s unique integration of hardware, software, and services, engineers and Program Managers partner to get behind a single unified vision. That vision always includes a deep commitment to strengthening Apple’s privacy policy, one of Apple’s core values. Although services are a bigger part of Apple’s business than ever before, these teams remain small, nimble, and cross-functional, offering greater exposure to the array of opportunities here. DESCRIPTION Apple Cloud Infrastructure team, as part of the Apple Services Engineering team, is seeking an extraordinary engineering program manager (EPM) that can help our compute team deliver innovative product solutions that will shape the future of large scale infrastructure at Apple. We are building and supporting critical infrastructural systems and frameworks which provide and support services like Elastic compute, Container solutions like Kubernetes for Apple Cloud Infrastructure, which is the platform upon which many iCloud applications and other backend systems at Apple are built; they have huge scale. We're a fast paced organization with ambitious goals, a large user base, and the autonomy to build the future of Compute and Storage infrastructure for all of Apple. Teams across Apple rely on us for Compute and Storage infrastructure that help them build services that scale globally, are highly available, and "just work". We listen to different perspectives, help surface innovative ideas, and drive decisions that move us forward.

Requirements

5+ years experience in software development project management in compute Infrastructure domains.
Experience managing Cloud and Infrastructure programs.
Past experience with deployments to AWS / Kubernetes platforms.
Experience managing Cloud and Infrastructure projects.
Agile project experience with evidence and able to demonstrate knowledge.
Experience at prioritizing features and technical road maps.
Proficiency and experience in delivering large scale infrastructure projects.
BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related degree or related professional experience

Nice To Haves

Exceptional organizational, project management, and technical acumen.
Prior engineering, infrastructure experience is a plus.
Past experience with containers/storage would be a plus.
SCRUM background and/or played the role of a Scrum Master is plus.
Self-motivated and proactive with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Strong verbal and written communication skills to represent at all levels of the organization.
Ability to manage multiple simultaneous end to end infrastructure, technical projects and stakeholder community comprising of various engineering teams and their partners
Experience at end to end project delivery; building roadmaps through to operational sustainability.
Strong facilitation skills (requirements sessions, design meetings, progress and status meetings).