Senior Engineering Manager – Ads Frontend

Summary

Posted: Sep 30, 2024

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number:200557446

At Apple, we believe in the power of technology to enrich people’s lives. Everything we build is designed to empower people, including our advertising platform. We deliver ads in a way that benefits both customers and advertisers — helping people discover content, supporting creators, and protecting and respecting everyone’s privacy. Our technology makes advertising possible on the App Store, Apple News, Stocks, and Apple TV. Everything we do is with the unwavering commitment to privacy. Because when advertising is done right, it benefits everyone. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it! We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to help us build seamless and efficient user experiences for our Advertisers. The ideal candidate is someone who has solid front-end development experience and a prototype mentality and is capable of iteratively developing new features while improving the UI infrastructure. If you are someone who likes getting into the details but are comfortable zooming out and giving your engineers ability to drive and thrive, we would love speaking with you!

Description

Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team of 7-10 people, who are dedicated to developing rich Advertiser experiences. Build strong partnerships with UX designers, product managers, data scientists, and other partners to align engineering efforts with business objectives and product specifications. Define a strategic roadmap and carry out the technical vision for product and engineering activities while maintaining alignment with business objectives. Communicate effectively with stakeholders, especially senior leadership, to keep them informed about project status, risks, and opportunities. Foster a collaborative, inclusive and inventive team culture that values continuous learning and progress. Build a high-performing, inclusive, and diverse team of top engineering talent. Ensure exceptional quality standard for delivery, while adhering to industry standards, security processes, and privacy requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of leadership experience managing high-performing teams developing consumer-facing applications.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including significant front-end and full-stack development expertise.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to act as a credible technical advisor to the team; help the team make thoughtful, informed decisions in ambiguous situations
• Experience with at least one popular JavaScript framework such as Angular, React, Backbone, Ember, Vue, Svelte.
• Experience creating NodeJS custom middleware to handle authentication, routing, error handling, and application-level functionality and building REST APIs and GraphQL endpoints.
• Strong understanding of UX and UI design principle.
• Familiarity with the complete web stack, including protocols and web performance optimization techniques.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• A track record of hiring and growing diverse, highly talented engineers to maximize their impact.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related technical field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in cloud based environment is a plus.
• Experience in advertising technology is a plus.
• Understanding of UI testing strategies, frameworks and methodologies.
• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.