Tarif K is a seasoned software engineering leader with 12 years of experience delivering scalable, user-focused products across mobile, web, and platform ecosystems. He is currently Apple Software Engineering Manager in New York, leading a 22-person team and guiding modernization efforts—monorepo adoption, TypeScript integration, RFCs, mentorship programs, developer experience surveys, technical forums, a PR review system, and staging deployments. His impact at Apple includes guiding visionOS bring-up and geo expansion for ASE Commerce flows, and driving foundational work across tvOS and Apple Music features with Swift and JavaScript. Earlier at LinkedIn, he redesigned certifications on profile pages and built internal tools for categorizing logos and generating QR-to-PDF assets. Outside work, Tarif is a two-time fantasy football league champion and holds a B.S. in Digital Arts and Sciences Engineering from the University of Florida, blending technical depth with leadership to ship reliable, delightful products.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Arts, General Studies, Associate of Arts, General Studies at Valencia Community College
Bachelor of Science, Digital Arts and Sciences (Engineering), Bachelor of Science, Digital Arts and Sciences (Engineering) at University of Florida
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