Engineering Manager, App Store Data
Apple's App Store is the world's largest and most innovative app marketplace, home to over 1.5 million apps and serving more than half a billion customers every week across all the Apple devices. Since the App Store launched in 2008, it has changed how we all live; it has enabled countless new companies, spawned new industries, and built millions of jobs. But we believe we are just getting started.
Do you have a strong passion for using data to drive business decisions, generate ideas, and inspire collaborators? If so, join us, you will play an integral role in helping App Store make decisions using data and improve the store every day for both users and developers by generating analysis from data in a privacy-friendly manner. We enable data-driven innovation by building solutions, services, and analytics for a variety of internal stakeholders and external partners. In a world where apps have become essential in people's daily lives, the App Store team has become essential to Apple's business.
Description
We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead App Store's growing data engineering and analytics function. This team owns compliance critical data products and the EM is accountable not just for delivery, but for the correctness and
team adherence to compliance controls, reviewer of design decisions with privacy/legal implications. This role blends technical depth with people leadership - you'll lead with empathy and energy, guide engineering execution, ensure operational excellence, and stay hands-on in key parts of our data ecosystem. As a technical manager, you'll partner closely with stakeholders across the App Store business to translate strategic priorities into scalable data solutions, sustainable delivery practices, and a strong culture of ownership and growth.
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","responsibilities":"Develop and own the vision for Analytics Engineering, delivering curated datasets, dashboards, and internal data products. Define outcomes and communicate prioritization, progress, and impact to leadership
Establish and enforce standards for metrics, data governance, documentation, and SLAs, overseeing data quality with proactive issue resolution through alerting and root-cause analysis
Build, coach, and elevate a high-performing analytics engineering team, setting clear goals and fostering a culture of inclusion, learning, and operational excellence
Collaborate closely with product and engineering to prioritize the analytics engineering roadmap and drive data-driven decision-making
Scale data self-service and literacy by expanding documentation, training, and enablement in key tools and dashboards, empowering stakeholders to explore data independently
Guide architectural and operational excellence across data pipelines, championing best practices in code review and version control for enhanced reliability
Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to Apple's company culture
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Regulatory and Compliance engineering - GDPR operational requirements, data minimization, DMA, DSA obligations, Privacy-first data architecture at a technical level.
Experience working with privacy, legal and regulatory stakeholders in an engineering capacity
Minimum Qualifications
10+ years in analytics engineering, data engineering, or analytics, with strong hands-on SQL, Python or Java, Scala and data modeling expertise
3+ years of people leadership experience, including hiring, coaching, and performance management in analytics/data teams
Proven ability to define semantic layers and build scalable dashboards; experience with Trino, Superset or other BI/visualization tools.
Experience building and operating data pipelines with robust validation and monitoring; high bar for data quality
Excellent communication; proven success partnering with cross-functional stakeholders (Product, Engineering, Legal, Privacy etc.) to define KPIs and deliver measurable outcomes
Track record of driving projects end-to-end and demonstrating clear outcomes and impact
Appetite for applying AI and emerging tools to increase productivity and reimagine how DE teams deliver impact (without sacrificing rigor and decision quality)","internalDetails":null
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 $228,100 and $342,800, 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
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