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Principal Data Architect, PostgreSQL Database - Ai & Data Platforms (AiDP)

Sunnyvale

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  • Set technical direction for PostgreSQL internals across Apple

  • Develop and operate Apple's cloud-based relational database service

  • Represent Apple in the global PostgreSQL open-source community

  • Grow the next generation of PostgreSQL contributors and committers at Apple

  • Push PostgreSQL performance, availability and durability at scale

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help lead PostgreSQL's technical direction at Apple
Our team develops and operates Apple's cloud-based relational database service
representing Apple in the global PostgreSQL community
growing the next generation of contributors and committers at Apple
helping push the limits of open-source PostgreSQL to deliver enterprise-class performance, availability, and durability to our customers

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  • Experienced committer to the PostgreSQL open-source project
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looking for an experienced committer to the PostgreSQL open-source project

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AI & Data Platforms (AiDP) is IS&T's engine for AI-powered innovation. The team brings together data, application development, and machine learning — including generative AI — along with data services and customer success functions to help IS&T build solutions more efficiently and streamline the adoption and embedding of generative AI across Apple. The PostgreSQL team at Apple is looking for an experienced committer to the PostgreSQL open-source project to help lead PostgreSQL's technical direction at Apple. Our team develops and operates Apple's cloud-based relational database service, hosting PostgreSQL databases that power some of Apple's most important workloads in Services, Manufacturing, AI/ML, and more. You will join a team of experts working on modern database technologies, distributed systems, and storage engineering, helping push the limits of open-source PostgreSQL to deliver enterprise-class performance, availability, and durability to our customers, while ensuring reliable administration at scale. Your work will be deployed at massive scale, serving millions of queries per second over many petabytes of data across our data centers worldwide and impacting the experiences of many millions of users of key Apple services. This is a rare opportunity to continue your open source contributions to the world's most popular open source relational database, on behalf of our team at Apple. You will be the recognized technical authority for PostgreSQL internals at Apple, setting direction across the engine, representing Apple in the global PostgreSQL community, and growing the next generation of contributors and committers at Apple.
The PostgreSQL team at Apple is looking for an experienced committer to the PostgreSQL open-source project to help lead PostgreSQL's technical direction at Apple. Our team develops and operates Apple's cloud-based relational database service, hosting PostgreSQL databases that power some of Apple's most important workloads in Services, Manufacturing, AI/ML, and more. You will join a team of experts working on modern database technologies, distributed systems, and storage engineering, helping push the limits of open-source PostgreSQL to deliver enterprise-class performance, availability, and durability to our customers, while ensuring reliable administration at scale. Your work will be deployed at massive scale, serving millions of queries per second over many petabytes of data across our data centers worldwide and impacting the experiences of many millions of users of key Apple services. This is a rare opportunity to continue your open source contributions to the world's most popular open source relational database, on behalf of our team at Apple. You will be the recognized technical authority for PostgreSQL internals at Apple, setting direction across the engine, representing Apple in the global PostgreSQL community, and growing the next generation of contributors and committers at Apple.

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The people here at Apple don't just craft products - they build the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries! The diversity of those people and their ideas drives the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it! AI & Data Platforms (AiDP) is IS&T's engine for AI-powered innovation. The team brings together data, application development, and machine learning — including generative AI — along with data services and customer success functions to help IS&T build solutions more efficiently and streamline the adoption and embedding of generative AI across Apple. The PostgreSQL team at Apple is looking for an experienced committer to the PostgreSQL open-source project to help lead PostgreSQL's technical direction at Apple. Our team develops and operates Apple's cloud-based relational database service, hosting PostgreSQL databases that power some of Apple's most important workloads in Services, Manufacturing, AI/ML, and more. You will join a team of experts working on modern database technologies, distributed systems, and storage engineering, helping push the limits of open-source PostgreSQL to deliver enterprise-class performance, availability, and durability to our customers, while ensuring reliable administration at scale. Your work will be deployed at massive scale, serving millions of queries per second over many petabytes of data across our data centers worldwide and impacting the experiences of many millions of users of key Apple services. This is a rare opportunity to continue your open source contributions to the world's most popular open source relational database, on behalf of our team at Apple. You will be the recognized technical authority for PostgreSQL internals at Apple, setting direction across the engine, representing Apple in the global PostgreSQL community, and growing the next generation of contributors and committers at Apple.
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