Apple is looking to improve its search capabilities and developer experience by architecting intelligent search platforms of tomorrow at Apple-scale.
Requirements
- Demonstrated leadership in optimizing end-to-end developer workflows across both the inner loop (local development) and outer loop (integration, testing, and deployment).
- Extensive experience designing, implementing, and scaling CI/CD pipelines, automating pre-submit checks, and building high-performance, production-accurate testing infrastructure.
- Proven success in streamlining release processes, automating manual deployments, and driving improvements in environment stability, reliability, and consistency.
- Adept at developing tools and frameworks that enhance debugging efficiency, reduce friction for developers, and accelerate product delivery.
- Deep expertise in root cause analysis of systemic engineering issues, including build failures, flaky tests, and failed deployments, with a track record of implementing long-term, scalable solutions that improve developer velocity and engineering quality.
- Strong coding skills
- Strong background in computer science: algorithms and data structures
Responsibilities
- Drive technical vision and strategy for building, evolving, and scaling distributed infrastructure and platforms that accelerate Apple’s search capabilities-empowering developer teams company-wide to iterate, validate, and deliver best-in-class features, safely and at scale.
- Architect robust systems for large-scale experimentation, automated testing, and continuous integration of Search infrastructure, ensuring high reliability, efficiency, and security across products and platforms.
- Lead cross-functional collaboration with engineering, AI/ML, product, and executive teams to align platform architecture with Apple’s long-term product roadmap and developer experience goals.
- Mentor and inspire technical excellence across the organization, shaping culture, fostering talent development, and establishing best practices for scalable infrastructure and developer productivity.
- Deliver impactful results by designing solutions that push the boundaries of performance, efficiency, and quality-ultimately redefining the search experience on a global scale.
- Tackling and resolving complex technical challenges that shape the future of developer experience at Apple.
- Setting strategic direction for the developer experience organization-shaping architectural decisions and long-term vision across products and teams.
Other
- Mentor and inspire technical excellence across the organization, shaping culture, fostering talent development, and establishing best practices for scalable infrastructure and developer productivity.
- Lead cross-functional collaboration with engineering, AI/ML, product, and executive teams to align platform architecture with Apple’s long-term product roadmap and developer experience goals.
- Excellent interpersonal skills able to work independently as well as in a team
- Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity.
- We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.
