Apple
ML Software Engineering Manager - Apple Music
$206K–$356K
Cupertino, California · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jul 10, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years managing software engineering teams; 5+ years building and shipping high-quality software products.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads a team building and shipping Apple Music recommendation and personalization systems, setting technical direction and partnering with Research, Engineering, and Product.
What you'll do
- Lead, mentor, recruit, and develop a team of ML software engineers.
- Set technical vision and oversee production-grade recommendation and personalization systems.
- Partner with cross-functional teams and communicate project status, technical tradeoffs, API design, and system architecture.
What they ask for
- 3+ years managing software engineering teams.
- 5+ years building and shipping high-quality software products.
- Hands-on experience designing and shipping products in the recommendation systems space.
- Strong computer science fundamentals and system design experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with machine learning frameworks and end-to-end ML model development lifecycles.
- Experience with modern recommendation architectures at scale or leading geographically distributed teams.
Pay
$206,200 to $356,400 USD base salary
AI focus
Develops and operates machine-learning-powered music recommendation and personalization systems.
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