Sr. Engineering Program Manager - Storage Infrastructure - Apple Services Engineering

Seattle, Washington, United States Software and Services

The Apple Services Engineering team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s long-held passion for combining art and technology. These are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books. And they do it on a massive scale, meeting Apple’s high expectations with high performance to deliver a huge variety of entertainment in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries.

Our Program Managers partner with engineers who build secure, end-to-end solutions. Thanks to Apple’s unique integration of hardware, software, and services, engineers and Program Managers partner to get behind a single unified vision. That vision always includes a deep commitment to strengthening Apple’s privacy policy, one of Apple’s core values. Although services are a bigger part of Apple’s business than ever before, these teams remain small, nimble, and cross-functional, offering greater exposure to the array of opportunities here.

Cloud Infrastructure team, as part of the Apple Services Engineering team, is seeking an extraordinary engineering program manager (EPM) that can help our Storage team deliver innovative product solutions that will shape the future of large scale infrastructure  are building and supporting critical infrastructural systems and frameworks which provide and support services like structured and unstructured storage for Apple Cloud Infrastructure, which is the platform upon which many iCloud and other backend systems at Apple are built;

they have huge scale and store exabytes of data. We're a fast paced organization with ambitious goals, a large user base, and the autonomy to build the future of Compute and Storage infrastructure for all of Apple. Teams across Apple rely on us for Compute and Storage infrastructure that help them build services that scale globally, are highly available, and “just work”.

• You’ll partner with a diverse set of teams across Apple to provide them with groundbreaking infrastructure for Storage that operate at substantial scale and use open source technologies along with proprietary systems.
• You will listen to different perspectives, help surface innovative ideas, and drive decisions that move us forward.
• You’ll need a strong background in program and project management complemented by your technical abilities.

• 8+ years experience in software development project management for Storage – Structured or unstructured / Infrastructure domains
• Agile project experience with evidence and able to demonstrate knowledge
• Experience managing Cloud and Infrastructure projects.
• Experience at prioritizing features and technical road maps
• Proficiency and experience in delivering large scale infrastructure projects
• BA/BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical degree or relevant industry experience

• Exceptional organizational, project management, and technical acumen
• Knowledge of distributed Storage, Distributed Databases, or similar mass‑scale Distributed Systems is a huge plus
• Agile project experience with evidence and able to demonstrate knowledge
• SCRUM background and/or played the role of a Scrum Master is plus
• Self‑motivated and proactive with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem‑solving skills
• Past experience with containers/storage would be a plus
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to represent at all levels of the organization
• Ability to manage multiple simultaneous end to end infrastructure, technical projects and stakeholder community comprising of various engineering teams and their partners
• Experience at end to end project delivery; building roadmaps through to operational sustainability
• Strong facilitation skills (requirements sessions, design meetings, progress and status meetings)

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $163,300 and…