Data Governance Engineer

Apple Inc

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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

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TL;DR · Data Governance Engineer

The Data Governance Engineer joins the Apple Ads Data Governance team to develop privacy-centric advertising solutions and manage critical data governance execution areas including access, protection, minimization, and retention. You will design autonomous governance agents for petabyte-scale pipelines using Kafka, Spark, and Hadoop while building MCP integrations for automated policy enforcement and PII detection. The role involves creating reusable agent templates, developing intelligent monitoring to detect anomalies, and utilizing AI coding agents to accelerate implementation and testing. Key technologies include Python, Java, Rust, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform, alongside experience with CI/CD pipelines and observability tools like Prometheus or Grafana. You will also work with advanced frameworks such as LangChain or AutoGen to build multi-agent systems while managing data on platforms like Snowflake, Databricks, and Iceberg Rest Catalog to ensure compliance across diverse environments.

What you'll do

  • Design autonomous governance agents for petabyte-scale data pipelines using Kafka, Spark, and Hadoop.
  • Build MCP integrations to automate policy enforcement, PII detection, and data quality validation.
  • Develop intelligent monitoring systems to detect anomalies and auto-remediate compliance issues.
  • Create reusable agent templates and workflows that adapt to changing regulations while maintaining performance.
  • Contribute to a distributed agent ecosystem featuring self-healing mechanisms and automated failovers.
  • Utilize AI coding agents to accelerate implementation, testing, and debugging of governance tools.
  • Implement data management controls for access, protection, minimization, and retention across diverse environments.

What we're looking for

  • B.S. in Computer Science or related field.
  • 5+ years of software development experience, including exposure to ML/AI applications.
  • Production experience in Python, Java, Rust, or similar languages with data processing and API development.
  • Understanding of distributed systems, cloud platforms, CAP theorem tradeoffs, and basic ML model deployment.
  • Experience with containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code (Terraform/CloudFormation).
  • Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and observability tools like Prometheus or Grafana.
  • Basic knowledge of machine learning concepts and MLOps including data pipelines and model versioning.
  • Expertise in open source data analytics platforms, multi-agent AI systems, and modern data platforms (preferred).

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