Privacy Data Collection Engineering Manager

The ASE Privacy team's goal is to help Apple achieve its commitment to privacy as a fundamental human right. Working across Apple we support feature development, develop new privacy techniques and provide systems integral to delivering on that user-privacy promise.

Our teams build the Apple-scale privacy preserving data collection systems that power the Apple products and services you know and love. Come join a passionate and skilled group of developers that care deeply about engineering for scale and user-privacy.

This manager is responsible for leading the team that enables data collection from billions of devices worldwide while preserving the user-privacy promises we make to our customers.

The teams platform underpins a broad range of data collection needs - from device telemetry and understanding customer interactions with Apples applications, to powering partner reporting for the third-party developers and content providers whose work is woven throughout Apples services.

You will set technical direction, manage execution, and grow engineers while balancing long-term platform investments with the immediate needs of product teams. Success in this role requires strong systems thinking and collaboration with teams across our organization as well as an understanding of privacy challenges.

This is a unique opportunity to lead a team at the heart of Apples data collection strategy - operating at true Apple-scale while navigating one of the most consequential challenges in technology: preserving user privacy in a constantly evolving regulatory and technical landscape. Develop and execute a comprehensive long-term technical roadmap for your team, translating ambiguous business objectives into tangible milestones Lead cross-functional initiatives, fostering alignment across engineering, platform, and infrastructure teams to deliver complex, high-impact projects Collaborate closely with Product Management and Engineering leaders to define the product vision, platform strategy and developer experience Partner with Program Management to ensure clarity across requirements, deliverables and timelines Provide both technical and career mentorship, empowering your team to succeedDemonstrated success developing talent, setting clear goals, and building high-performing teams Experience driving product features, functional specifications, and development schedules Experience developing and leading teams that build large distributed systems Proven collaborator with a history of delivering results through and with partner teams Ability to represent team, technology and roadmap to senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners Bachelors Degree or equivalentPrevious experience with user privacy and regulations such as CCPA, DMA or GDPR Experience in data and platforms, familiarity with batch and streaming technologies Excellent communication skills and the proven ability to express technical ideas to both technical and non-technical partners Proficiency in high-level languages such as Java, JavaScript or TypeScript