Performance Engineering Manager

Summary Posted: Feb 15, 2024 Role Number: 200538726 At Apple, we work every day to create products that enrich people’s lives! Our Advertising Platforms group makes it possible for people around the world to easily access informative and imaginative content on their devices while helping publishers and developers promote and monetize their work. Today, our technology and services power advertising in Search Ads in the App Store and Apple News. Our platforms are highly-performant, deployed at scale, and setting new standards for enabling effective advertising while protecting user privacy. We are looking for a Manager who can thrive in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities include leading the Performance Engineering team efforts for our complex backend software services, analytics pipelines, reporting portals, and APIs. You will define the Performance Strategy, and implement it across several domains and concurrent projects, setting baseline automation for performance measurements and analysis, mentor teams on performance best practices, lead the automation of performance monitoring and improving system performance, orchestrate performance tests across services, and assist in the creation of processes and procedures. Key Qualifications Key Qualifications Ability to effectively manage relationships with partners, including product managers, development teams, and senior leadership. Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools. This includes skills in planning, scheduling, and driving performance testing projects, as well as tracking progress and managing resources effectively. Significant experience in software development in Java/Linux environment and Performance Engineering of distributed systems and web services. Deep understanding of factors influencing performance of software applications at multiple layers including services, databases, network, CPU and memory utilization, JVM and threads, query performance etc. Solid understanding of web services architecture and distributed systems at scale, developing comprehensive strategy for performance testing, measurement, monitoring and analysis, base lining and performance tuning is a must. Strong knowledge of open source tools such as JMeter/Locust/Gatling/Tsung and ability to evaluate other technologies to build optimal tech stack for performance engineering. Strong Database knowledge in Oracle, Casandra and performance optimization techniques. Experience in cloud-based performance testing in Docker containers, AWS, Git repository, and resilience engineering. Experience working with Big Data, Hadoop eco system, Kafka, Solr and other innovative technologies is a strong plus. Ability to lead performance optimization efforts coupled with excellent analytical, problem solving and communication skills. Ability to work with open ended problems, adapt to changing technology landscape, and work under minimal direction. Experienced in instilling defensive programming culture across a large engineering organization. Description Description Performance engineering group is a SWAT team of Ads Platforms Engineering group responsible for building automation platform, performance engineering and other capabilities to improve quality of Ad Platforms offerings, at the same time strive for efficiency to reduce time to market for features that impacts the business bottom line. We operate at scale, think creatively, and build innovative technology frameworks to achieve quality goals. The performance engineering group works with multiple multi-functional teams within Ad Platforms as well as working with various teams across Apple to deliver quality products and set quality standards in collaborative yet fast paced environment. As a member of QE team you will be responsible for developing a comprehensive solutions and capabilities that helps deliver quality products efficiently and effectively. Education & Experience Education & Experience 8+ years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or MS in computer science or equivalent. Additional Requirements Additional Requirements ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: - Defining Performance Strategy and reporting performance baselines required to certify Go-Lives. Should have strong experience in handling multiple tasks and stakeholders. - Documenting the steps performed during course of performance tests cycle including performance test scripts used. - Accountable for creating application and infrastructure performance plans/models for a highly scalable, low-latency, highly-available and high-throughput processing system. - Work with the architects and development team to ensure proper metrics instrumentation done in software components, to help facilitate real time and remote troubleshooting/performance monitoring. - Evaluate, develop and execute load test tools to stress the limits of Apple Ads Platform’s most critical payment applications. - Understand and performance test the APIs, GRPC, abstractions and integration patterns to solve challenging distributed system problems. - Provide mentor support emphasizing performance testing methodology, preparation, scripting, execution planning, simulation and test results reporting. - Drive end to end performance test activities. - Actively contribute to capacity planning and disaster recovery exercises. - Support in triaging and troubleshooting of issues related to performance degradation incidents in production environment. - Monitor application performance, optimize performance bottlenecks and usage to create an application capacity model. - Help optimizing system components such as CPU/Memory/Disk/Network & OS/Application software for maximizing the computer resources utilization. - Analyze complex problems in the application space relating to resilience - Perform chaos testing on a distributed system in order to build confidence in the system's capability to withstand turbulent conditions in production. - Develop automated chaos testing in pre-production systems. - Partner with development to identify anti-patterns and create fallback experiences to critical scenarios. Pay & Benefits Pay & Benefits At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $210,900.00 and $316,900.00, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits. Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program. Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.