Insight- DevOps Data Engineering Manager
Apple
Software Engineering, Other Engineering, Data Science
Elk Grove, CA, USA
Posted on Jan 22, 2025
Summary
Posted:
Role Number:200587661
Do you want to be a part of a team that is critical to the success of Apple? Are you passionate about learning new technologies? Are you motivated by solving unique problems with talented teams in a fast-paced environment? Help us build the next insanely great product by building petabytes scale manufacturing systems that support all of our hardware products worldwide. On this team, we shape the next generation of data solutions at Apple by working on innovative technologies and solutions for the BPR Insight team. We are responsible for the manufacturing and supply chain data collection and reporting for all of Apple’s products around the world. You will build/support systems that every iPhone, iPad and Mac have interacted with. Apple’s engineering and operations teams will leverage your platform to build the next great product. Do something amazing and be a critical part of a company that everyone recognizes and loves! Insight team is looking for an exceptional "DevOps Data Engineering Manager" to lead our platform engineering team. This role demands a self-starting, ambitious individual who excels in collaboration and innovation while focusing on developing and leading teams that build scalable data pipelines and applications. The successful candidate will have a relentless Servant-Leadership mindset and a strong sense of team culture.
Description
•Lead and mentor a team of platform engineers in designing, building, and maintaining robust data pipelines & applications. •Collaborate effectively with engineering, and cross-functional teams to gather requirements and ensure the timely delivery of high-quality projects. •Architect scalable, reliable, and efficient solutions using modern technologies and best practices, including effective monitoring and alerting. •Drive innovation in data processes to optimize data flow, reduce latency, and enhance data quality, while also improving application responsiveness. •Stay updated on emerging technologies, recommending new tools and practices as relevant. •Foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement within the team.
Minimum Qualifications
- 10+ years of engineering expertise, at least four of which in a lead or management role.
- Strong expertise in Big Data Platform development in Public Cloud (such as AWS, GCP, Ali Cloud, Tencent Cloud, etc.) with large-scale datasets
- Strong distributed systems design and engineering background.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to guide teams through ambiguous and complex technical challenges and develop people.
- Passion to collaborate and iterate on ideas in a cross-functional team including product designs.
- Passionate about operational excellence through methodical root cause analysis, automation and engineering processes.
- Superb problem-solving skills, and ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to convey complex concepts in digestible ways and partner with less technical teammates.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics or relatable field or equivalent work experience.
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong hands-on experience in designing and developing cloud-based applications that include large-scale compute services, database services, APIs to RESTful services, ETL, queues, scheduling, integration and notification services.
- Strong experience with Python, SQL, Java / Scala and ETL tools like Apache Spark, Airflow and Kubernetes. Familiarity with additional technologies such as React, Node.js, and Go is a plus.
- Strong technical aptitude and curiosity and thrives in mastering new tools or applications through self-study.
- Ability to partner with multiple product and business stakeholders to prioritize and align on the roadmap.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to work in a self-directed environment, and the ability to present to senior management and engage across timezones.
- Experience in people development and/or mentoring technical engineers
Education & Experience
Additional Requirements
Pay & Benefits
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