Engineering Manager - Apple Maps, Traffic - Jobs bei Apple (CH)

Rejoignez Apple Maps pour transformer la navigation mondiale. Opportunité de leadership avec des équipes dynamiques.

Tâches

• Diriger des systèmes de trafic en temps réel pour Apple Maps.

• Guider les décisions techniques et assurer l'exécution de qualité.

• Collaborer avec des équipes pour définir des feuilles de route innovantes.

Compétences

• MS ou PhD en informatique, 7+ ans en développement logiciel.

• Compétences en systèmes distribués et traitement de données à grande échelle.

• Expertise en systèmes de navigation et géospatiaux.

When will rush hour start tomorrow? How long will it take for a traffic jam to clear? How is a road closure impacting millions of drivers right now? At Apple Maps, our Traffic team is dedicated to answering these questions at a global scale—powering accurate, responsive navigation experiences for millions of users every day.
We’re seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team behind Apple Maps’ real-time traffic systems. This role blends deep domain expertise, strong technical leadership, and product intuition to shape the future of navigation.
You’ll define technical direction, guide strategy, and ensure the performance and reliability of large-scale, real-time data systems. If you're passionate about building great teams, working with complex data, and solving hard systems problems, we’d love to hear from you.
You will lead a team that builds scalable, resilient systems that process high volumes of live and historical location data to power Apple Maps' real-time traffic and routing capabilities.
In this role, you will:
• Guide technical decisions, shape system architecture, and ensure high-quality engineering execution to support scale, resilience, and performance.
• Stay technically deep, engage in architecture, code, and critical decisions, while empowering your team to lead and take ownership.
• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of experienced engineers across Zurich and Cupertino.
• Foster a culture of ownership, innovation, inclusivity, trust, and open communication.
• Collaborate closely with product, data science, and infrastructure partners to define roadmaps and deliver impactful features.
• Lead operational excellence, including on-call rotations and incident response for critical services.
• Leverage your domain knowledge in traffic or mobility to make thoughtful decisions about tradeoffs, priorities, and emerging opportunities.

MS or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
2+ years of experience leading senior engineers
7+ years of experience in software development, preferably in backend or data-intensive systems
Strong foundation in algorithms, distributed systems, and data processing at scale
Proficiency in a typed language such as Java, Scala, or C++
Experience working in complex, data-intensive problem domains
Experience in traffic, navigation, or geospatial systems
Proven ability to define and deliver technical strategies aligned with product goals
Strong cross-functional collaborator with data scientists, researchers, and product managers
Effective communicator with the ability to influence across technical and product domains
Familiarity with scalable data architectures (e.g., Spark, Flink, Kafka) and cloud-native infrastructure (e.g., Kubernetes)