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# Senior Engineering Manager - Solutions Engineering, Apple Data Platform

- **Company:** Apple Inc.
- **Location:** Cupertino, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Systems Integration, Automated Data Processing (ADP), Google Cloud, Large Language Models, Multi-Agent Systems, Apache Spark, Generative AI, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Machine Learning Operations, Serverless Computing
- **Published:** August 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3354596202&tx=IT8376TYT&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* 10+ years of experience with large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, data platforms, or AI/ML technologies, including 5+ years of engineering management experience.
 * Deep technical expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and modern data and AI platforms.
 * Experience architecting and productionizing large-scale data, ML, Generative AI, LLM, or agentic workloads.
 * Demonstrated experience working directly with customers to solve complex technical problems and drive production adoption.
 * Exceptional executive presence, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with experience representing technology organizations with senior executive stakeholders.
 * Proven ability to influence and drive alignment across complex, cross-functional engineering organizations.
 * Proven ability to recruit, mentor, and develop senior technical talent.
 * BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience., * Experience building, operating, or driving adoption of enterprise-scale data, AI, Generative AI, or governance platforms.
 * Experience with technologies such as Kubernetes, Spark, Ray, Kafka, Trino, Iceberg, and modern AI/ML infrastructure.
 * Experience architecting LLM applications, agentic systems, RAG, model serving, and AI orchestration.
 * Experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS and GCP, and serverless or multi-tenant platform architectures.
 * Experience developing reference architectures, integrations, automation, and reusable solutions that accelerate customer adoption.
 * Experience with AI governance, security, observability, and operating production AI systems at scale.

## Description

We are looking for a highly technical and customer-focused Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Solutions Engineering organization. This team serves as the technical bridge between Apple's customers and ADP engineering teams, helping teams architect and productionize solutions spanning large-scale data processing, machine learning, Generative AI, LLMs, agents, and governance.

This leader will also serve as a senior technical representative for ADP with executive stakeholders across Apple, building trusted relationships, understanding their strategic priorities, representing ADP's capabilities and roadmap, and driving alignment across complex cross-organizational initiatives. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with exceptional executive presence, communication, and stakeholder management skills, and can move seamlessly between deep technical discussions and strategic executive conversations.


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