Machine Learning Director, Apple Services Engineering Search

Apple Services Engineering is the team behind some of the best experiences on the planet. When you find the perfect app listen to the perfect track for your mood learn something new in a podcast or book or just sit back with your favorite movie ASE has you covered. Finding these items in whatever way the user wants to search isnt as simple as it might seem: I had a friend was a big baseball player is a query for Bruce Springsteens Glory Search is advancing the state of the art in media search over every media type on every device. Whether youre typing on iPhone querying Siri using Apple TV or a full MacOS desktop we will find the item youre looking for. To do this weve constructed custom catalogs written custom search and indexing software incorporating our editorial understanding created embeddings and leveraged the latest generative AI the center of this are our product-focused Search teams. This senior leadership position will lead multiple teams running the spectrum from App Store Music and Video to Books u0026 Fitness. Were looking for an engineering visionary who can both handle the complex operations of some of the most used search systems in the work while also thinking about revolutionary new experiences in the world of GenAI.

As a Director in ASE Search you will lead multiple product-focused teams across App Store Music Video Books u0026 Fitness. You will be responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of high-usage search systems while simultaneously exploring revolutionary new experiences powered by GenAI.

Leading and mentoring a team of managers and managing multiple high-performing engineering innovation in media search across all Apple the development and maintenance of custom catalogs search and indexing editorial understanding embeddings and generative AI technologies into search with cross-functional stakeholders including product management business leadership and the delivery of high-uptime critical search systems.

7 years of experience in team management of high-performing 5 years of experience managing other managersnnProven ability in cross-functional stakeholder with commonly used systems programming languages (e.g. Go Java C/C Rust).nnDemonstrated experience in delivering high-uptime critical systems in challenging degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent work experience.

Deep understanding of search technologies and with generative AI and its applications in background in building and scaling distributed communication and interpersonal ability to lead and motivate engineering working with large-scale data passion for creating innovative and user-friendly search experiences.