People at Apple don’t just build products. They craft the kind of experiences that have revolutionized entire industries. The diverse collection of our people and their ideas inspire innovation in everything we do.

Do you love crafting elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Can you intrinsically see the importance of every detail? At Apple, the Compute organization is responsible for designing and building the foundational pieces of our data center software. In this role, you will collaborate with senior technical talent and leaders across Apple to build and deploy forward-looking Compute platforms that support Apple products and services.

We are seeking an Engineering leader to lead & grow engineering and research initiatives to help build Apple Cloud Compute. You will lead highly performant teams that will research, align, architect, drive, and build solutions to support Apple Cloud Engineering efforts.

You will oversee all aspects of our cloud compute services, including infrastructure, software, and operations (in close collaboration with our SRE partners), with a specific emphasis on optimizing Virtual Machines, Kubernetes, Containers, and Batch Workloads.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:
Strategic Planning: Develop and implement strategic plans to enhance our cloud compute capabilities, aligning them with Apple’s overall business strategy and applying your expertise in Virtualization, Containers, and Batch technologies.

Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop a successful team of engineers, architects, and specialists. Foster a collaborative and innovative culture within your organization.

Technical Oversight: Provide technical expertise and guidance on cloud computing architectures, systems design and performance optimization. Ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of these platforms.

Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including SRE, product management, program management and customer support, to deliver exceptional customer experiences and deliver optimized solutions.

Project Management: Manage complex projects, including major initiatives and product launches, ensuring timely delivery within budget constraints.

Industry Trends: Stay up-to-date with industry trends, technologies, and best practices in cloud computing. Protect our intellectual property and ensure compliance with data protection regulations.

15+ years of overall industry experience with 10+ years building & leading high-performing research & engineering teams with a focus on on cloud computingDeep experiences working across one or more platforms focused on Virtualization, Kubernetes, Containers, and Batch technologiesExperience with cloud platforms like AWS (EC2, ECS, EKS, AWS Batch), Azure (Virtual Machines, AKS, and Azure Batch), or Google Cloud (GCE, GKE and Cloud Batch) is highly desirable.Familiarity with all aspects of software development from architecture to deployment and maintenanceUnderstanding of cloud computing architectures, systems design and performance optimization.Strong understanding of concurrency, parallelism, and distributed systems conceptsFluency in Go (Golang), Python, Swift, Java or similar languages in a systems contextExcellent written and oral communication skills