Senior Engineering Manager, Applied AI & Agentic Commerce Intelligence

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Cupertino, CA
Salary
$267,800–$401,700 / yr
Posted
27 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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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 · Senior Engineering Manager, Applied AI & Agentic Commerce Intelligence

Senior Engineering Manager, Applied AI & Agentic Commerce Intelligence joins the Channel Sales AI Product Engineering team to own the applied intelligence layer end-to-end. This role involves setting technical strategy and leading a multidisciplinary organization of engineers and scientists across applied ML, data science, and product engineering, including frontend and iOS. The manager will build out the core architecture for Store, Shopping, Learning, and Decision Intelligence experiences while ensuring high-craft user-facing surfaces. Key responsibilities include translating AI strategy into reusable capabilities, tracking state-of-the-art agentic AI and LLM reasoning, and managing a team of managers and senior individual contributors. The role requires expertise in large-scale AI systems, decision systems, and commerce intelligence to solve complex problems regarding how AI reasoning and domain intelligence are applied across global markets and diverse locales.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in California?

Median $290250 from 64 postings across 19 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own the end-to-end product architecture and technical strategy for the Applied AI intelligence layer across multiple platforms.
  • Translate complex AI strategies into scalable, reusable capabilities that function consistently across 38+ global locales.
  • Manage a multidisciplinary organization of engineers and scientists spanning applied ML, data science, and frontend/iOS development.
  • Oversee the entire user experience to ensure high-quality integration between backend intelligence and front-end interfaces.
  • Represent the engineering team in executive forums by communicating technical trade-offs and risks as clear business narratives.
  • Set and enforce quality standards for AI correctness, safety, auditability, and global consistency.
  • Mentor and develop a team of managers and senior individual contributors to operate at system scale.
  • Research state-of-the-art agentic AI and LLM techniques to implement production-ready designs.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
  • 12+ years of experience in applied machine learning, decision systems, or large-scale AI systems.
  • 5+ years managing high-performing technical teams, including experience managing other managers across ML and product engineering.
  • Proven track record leading an AI-powered product from concept to launch at a global scale of over one billion users.
  • Hands-on track record shipping ML-powered products or features involving LLMs and AI agents capable of planning and tool use.
  • Demonstrated experience presenting technical strategy and tradeoffs directly to senior or executive leadership.
  • Experience operating in high-ambiguity, low-guidance environments while defining plans rather than just executing them.
  • Experience with personalization, recommendation systems, commerce intelligence, or multilingual global-scale AI deployments (preferred).

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