Sr. Software Engineering Manager, Apple Ads

Apple • New York, NY

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About The Position

At Apple, we focus deeply on our customers’ experience. Apple Ads brings this same approach to advertising, helping people find exactly what they’re looking for and helping advertisers grow their businesses. Our technology powers ads and sponsorships across Apple Services, including the App Store, Apple News, and MLS Season Pass. Everything we do is designed for trust, connection, and impact: We respect user privacy, integrate advertising thoughtfully into the experience, and deliver value for advertisers of all sizes, from small app developers to big, global brands. Because when advertising is done right, it benefits everyone. The growing Apple Ads engineering team is seeking an experienced, hands-on manager to lead our Apple Ads engineering team. The team is responsible for full stack, distributed systems software development that is used by advertisers and developers. This is a high visibility role in our mobile advertising space. In this role you will lead a talented team of engineers focused on architecting, creating and delivering new capabilities to our Search advertising products. We are looking for a results-oriented and versatile leader who can excel in an Agile environment. You will work closely with product owners, leading a team of engineers to design, develop, and implement solutions, including leveraging open source, and building tools, frameworks, and components that will enable us to improve and scale our platform.

You will lead a team of engineers adept at building massive distributed services at scale and with the highest quality to our customers. You will work closely with your peers and other engineering teams in across the globe to build and support the core capabilities of our Search advertising ecosystem. You will also partner closely with teams across Apple to deliver and support third party integrations.

Requirements

• 5+ years hands-on technology management experience
• 10+ years of industry experience building scalable micro services and data driven platforms
• Experience building SDKs, platforms and re-usable components
• Strong computer science fundamentals, and hands-on experience with modern programming languages (e.g., Java/Scala/C++)
• Expertise in NoSQL datastores (e.g., Cassandra, Keyspaces, ElastiCache)
• Proficiency in data processing technologies (e.g., Kafka, Spark, Flink )
• Experience building and scaling systems across on-premise, and hybrid cloud environments
• Strong technical leadership skill with proven experience architecting, developing, releasing and supporting mission critical services
• Ability to communicate effectively both written and verbal with technical and non-technical multi-functional teams
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, or related field; experience designing, building, maintaining, and extending production ecosystems at scale.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in advertising industry is a huge plus!
• Knowledge of Compliance and/or Finance would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers focused on architecting, creating and delivering new capabilities to our Search advertising products.
• Design, develop, and implement solutions, including leveraging open source, and building tools, frameworks, and components that will enable us to improve and scale our platform.
• Lead a team of engineers adept at building massive distributed services at scale and with the highest quality to our customers.
• Work closely with peers and other engineering teams across the globe to build and support the core capabilities of our Search advertising ecosystem.
• Partner closely with teams across Apple to deliver and support third party integrations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree