Apple · 3 hours ago
Senior Product Manager – Databases
Cupertino, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$203K/yr - $365K/yr
10+ years expApple is a leading technology company known for its innovative products and services. We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead database services for Apple Cloud, focusing on managing strategy, product features, and roadmap for NoSQL database and streaming data services. This highly technical role involves working at the intersection of streaming, databases, and AI systems to enhance application development within Apple.
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Responsibilities
Define and own the product vision and roadmap NoSQL databases and streaming data systems built within the Apple Cloud
Translate foundational data and AI infrastructure into clear product abstractions (APIs, workflows, templates, services)
Lead the development of applied AI and GenAI features, including intelligent assistants, reasoning workflows, automation, and decision support for database use cases
Partner with engineering teams to align product requirements with platform architecture, scalability, reliability, privacy, and security constraints
Work closely with internal customer teams to understand real-world application needs and co-develop solutions
Communicate complex technical tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Drive prioritization across competing demands from multiple products and organizations while maintaining platform consistency
Measure success through adoption, developer productivity, reliability, and customer impact
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field (Master's degree preferred)
10+ years of product management experience building enterprise or platform products
Strong experience working with streaming data systems like Apache Kafka and Apache Flink, Search platforms like Solr and OpenSearch, NoSQL databases such as Apache Cassandra, and distributed caches like Valkey
Demonstrated ability to take products from concept to launch, including vision setting, roadmap ownership, and execution
Working knowledge of modern data and AI stacks, and cloud-based data platforms
Preferred
Deep understanding of database and streaming concepts such as ingestion pipelines, transformations, storage, replication and SQL processing
Experience building or productizing AI/ML or GenAI-powered features
Familiarity with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or similar) and enterprise-scale deployments
Strong systems thinking and the ability to reason about tradeoffs across performance, cost, reliability, and usability
Proven ability to influence without authority and build alignment across diverse stakeholder groups
Comfort operating in ambiguous problem spaces and shaping direction where requirements are not fully defined
Benefits
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation
Company
Apple
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