ML Software Engineering Manager - Apple Music

Key Skills

API, Apple Business, Design, Machine learning techniques, Software Development

Job Description

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. The AMP Music ML team is looking for a passionate ML Software Engineering Manager to lead a variety of key initiatives to keep us at the cutting edge of music recommendation & personalization. Your leadership and resourcefulness will be critical to our success. Are you passionate about building a world-class engineering team and fostering the growth of your employees? Do you want to manage services that use state-of-the-art machine learning to recommend music to tens of millions of people? Do you embrace ownership and accountability? Do you want to work hand-in-hand with great people across Research, Engineering and Product in our mission to connect our users to the music they love? If so, we want you to join our diverse and hardworking team!

Key Qualifications

• A proven track-record of leading, motivating and building strong software teams – enabling engineers to do the best work of their lifetime
• A vision of how to build modern recommendation systems
• Attention to detail and a strong passion for quality – experience architecting, designing and developing high quality personalization experiences
• Ability to effectively communicate with multi-functional teams about product requirements, system architecture, APIs and project schedules

Description

You are a trustworthy and capable manager who can lead great software engineers, develop them appropriately, and guide them to work together to deliver amazing products for our customers. You will instill an inclusive team culture, and grow the team while maintaining world-class excellence and diversity. You will realise your vision of modern recommendation systems that enable fast model iteration, and the use of state-of-the-art music analysis and personalization models.

Education & Experience

• At least 2 years of experience managing software engineering teams.
• Experience with hands-on work and shipping products in the recommendation system space are essential.
• Strong CS fundamentals and system design experience are essential. Whether you have a traditional CS degree or learned another way, we'd love to talk to you!
• 5+ years of developing and shipping high-quality products.

Pay & Benefits

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 $183,400 and $316,900, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.