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About Apple Inc
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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As a Senior Product Manager – Databases, you will join the team responsible for managing database services for Apple Cloud. You will own the product vision, roadmap, and execution for NoSQL databases and streaming data systems, while developing GenAI-enabled workflows to help internal teams build scalable applications. Your daily work involves translating complex infrastructure into clear product abstractions like APIs and templates, ensuring high performance, cost efficiency, and security. You will collaborate with engineering, privacy, and security teams to deliver platform intelligence and automated decision support for database use cases. The role requires expertise in technologies including Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Solr, OpenSearch, Apache Cassandra, and Valkey. You will solve technical challenges at the intersection of streaming data, NoSQL systems, and AI-driven workflows to improve developer productivity across various internal product lines.
What does a Product Manager earn in Washington?
Median $208800 from 53 postings across 17 companies.
Define and own the product vision and multi-quarter roadmap for NoSQL databases and streaming data systems.
Translate complex data and AI infrastructure into clear product abstractions like APIs, workflows, and templates.
Lead the development of GenAI features to provide intelligent assistants and automation for database use cases.
Partner with engineering teams to ensure platform architecture meets scalability, reliability, privacy, and security constraints.
Collaborate with internal customer teams to identify real-world needs and co-develop tailored solutions.
Communicate technical trade-offs regarding performance, cost, and usability to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Manage prioritization across competing demands from multiple organizations while maintaining platform consistency.
Measure product success through metrics like adoption rates, developer productivity, and system reliability.
What we're looking for
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.
Experience with streaming data systems (Kafka, Flink), search platforms (Solr, OpenSearch), NoSQL databases (Cassandra), and distributed caches (Valkey).
Demonstrated ability to lead 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.
Deep understanding of database and streaming concepts such as ingestion pipelines, transformations, storage, replication, and SQL processing (preferred).
Experience building or productizing AI/ML or GenAI-powered features (preferred).
Familiarity with public cloud platforms and enterprise-scale deployments (preferred).
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