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Engineering Manager Athena Platform Services, IS&T Ai & Data Platforms

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ShanghaiFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Engineering Manager leading the Athena Platform Services within IS&T AiDP, responsible for building and delivering machine learning platforms on Alibaba Cloud (Alicloud). Role combines product and project management with hands-on engineering leadership to drive cross-functional programs (data scientists, engineers, business analysts) focused on fraud prevention, risk management, and optimization of internal operations and customer experience. Requires strong collaboration across Apple teams and regional partners, fluency in Mandarin and English, and alignment with Apple standards, compliance, and data residency requirements on Alicloud.

Responsibilities

  • Lead engineering and product management teams responsible for building platforms/product strategy with cross-functional teams of data scientists, engineers, and business analysts.
  • Oversee a global portfolio of products and projects, responsible for all aspects of product features and functionality as well as developer and user experience.
  • Drive programs focused on preventing fraud in collaboration with Data Science team.
  • Build out infrastructure and develop new integrations within Alicloud, scaling ML platforms in the region.
  • Deliver solutions that meet Apple's business goals while maintaining IT standards, compliance, and data-residency requirements on Alibaba Cloud.
  • Lead complex cross-functional initiatives through influence and manage relationships with local engineering teams, partners, and vendors.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of software development experience/product/project management teams
  • 3+ years of leading teams/people management experience
  • Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms
  • Understanding of Distributed Systems, experience in managing peta byte scale data
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or similar discipline or experience
  • Fluency in Mandarin and English
  • 3+ years of Python or Java expertise building production applications
  • 3+ years of experience as a product manager, program manager, and/or project manager in fraud prevention / risk management domain
  • Solid understanding of concurrency, threading, multiprocessing and their practical trade-offs in high-throughput production systems
  • Strong understanding of language internals and their implications in highly concurrent systems
  • Understanding of how to build, manage, and lead multi-department cross-functional teams to deliver large-scale international products and projects
  • Experience in understanding and discussing technical designs and opportunities with technical team members and partners
  • Exceptional influence and communication skills (written and verbal), especially at the executive level
  • Autonomy in ambiguous environments; comfortable leading complex cross-functional initiatives
  • Able to respond and adapt to a highly matrixed organization
  • Passion for developer and customer experience; initiative to improve it
  • Discipline to make key decisions autonomously
  • Creativity to improve processes; self-improvement mindset
  • Ability to tell meaningful stories with data
  • Master’s in Business Administration
  • Project Management certification (e.g. PMP, CSM) is a plus
  • Experience delivering programs on Alibaba Cloud (Alicloud) including ECS, MaxCompute, PAI, OSS and related big-data/ML offerings
  • Technical Program Management / Engineering Management experience including working with operations teams, vendors, and contractors
  • Demonstrated ability to build roadmaps, summaries, impact analyses, and prioritization to influence stakeholders
  • Detailed knowledge of distributed computing architectures and SDLC
  • Depth of knowledge in cloud, big-data platforms, and ML
  • Proficient in Keynote or PowerPoint for executive communication

Skills

Required:PythonJavaDistributed SystemsFraud Prevention / Risk ManagementLeadership / People ManagementCross-functional LeadershipTechnical CommunicationMandarinEnglishCloud / Alicloud

Benefits

  • Apple is an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusion and diversity; accessibility and reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.
Last updated Aug 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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