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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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The Senior Product Manager – Databases will lead database services for Apple Cloud, focusing on the strategy, features, and roadmap for NoSQL databases and streaming data services. This role involves building GenAI-enabled workflows and platform intelligence to help developers troubleshoot and optimize databases. You will translate foundational data and AI infrastructure into clear product abstractions like APIs, workflows, and templates while ensuring technical feasibility, scalability, and cost efficiency. Key technologies include Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Solr, OpenSearch, Apache Cassandra, and Valkey. You will partner with infrastructure, privacy, and security teams to deliver managed cloud services. The work involves solving complex problems at the intersection of streaming, databases, and AI systems to power critical services like Music, TV+, Sports, and Search.
What does a Product Manager earn in California?
Median $222500 from 313 postings across 50 companies.
Define and own the product vision and multi-quarter roadmap for NoSQL databases and streaming data systems.
Translate foundational data and AI infrastructure into clear product abstractions like APIs, workflows, and templates.
Lead the development of applied AI and GenAI features for database troubleshooting, automation, and decision support.
Partner with engineering teams to align product requirements with platform architecture, scalability, privacy, and security constraints.
Work with internal customer teams to understand real-world application needs and co-develop technical solutions.
Communicate complex technical tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Drive prioritization across competing demands from multiple organizations while maintaining platform consistency.
Measure product success through adoption, developer productivity, reliability, and customer impact.
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 (Apache Kafka, Apache Flink), Search platforms (Solr, OpenSearch), NoSQL databases (Apache Cassandra), and distributed caches (Valkey).
Demonstrated ability to take 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).
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