Apple's FoundationDB team is looking for an Engineering Manager to oversee data protection systems for a leading distributed database. This role is crucial for maintaining data durability, integrity, availability, and efficient storage at scale. The focus will be on enhancing FoundationDB's data protection capabilities, including backup and restore systems and client-facing APIs. The position requires a blend of technical expertise in distributed systems and leadership skills to manage engineering teams.

• 3+ years of people management experience leading software engineering teams.
• Strong background in distributed systems and storage technologies.
• Experience with backup, restore, or replicated storage systems at scale.
• Experience directly supporting or owning online production systems or customer-deployed production systems.
• Solid understanding of transactional systems and data integrity principles.
• Experience working with RocksDB or similar storage engines.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to lead complex technical initiatives.
• Experience designing or operating large-scale backup and recovery systems.
• Familiarity with change-data-capture and data replication pipelines.
• Experience with parallel task execution, scheduling, or distributed workflows.
• Background in database internals or storage engine development.
• Experience balancing reliability, performance, and cost in production systems.

• Lead efforts to create highly available backup systems that serve as active replicas for online workloads.
• Ensure data durability, integrity, and availability in FoundationDB.
• Build and evolve data protection capabilities within FoundationDB.
• Collaborate with teams to improve storage efficiency and system performance.
• Manage engineering teams to drive complex technical initiatives.

• Employees at Apple are often offered comprehensive benefits that support physical and mental well-being—flexible medical plans, confidential counseling, onsite wellness centers at major campuses, and resources for fitness and daily life. Families typically receive fertility support, paid parental leave with gradual return, caregiving leave, and dependent-care guidance, while financial perks commonly include stock grants (with purchase discounts), 401(k) matching, and income-protection coverage. Employees also see robust time off, Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement, donation matching and paid volunteer hours, and deep product and partner discounts.