Engineer Manager - Traffic (ASE)

Apple

About The Position

Apple Services Engineering (ASE) is expanding its Traffic team to China. The team builds performant and reliable networking primitives that help Apple application teams observe, secure, and manage application traffic. Its services, meshes, libraries, proxies, and other primitives support Apple-scale workloads serving hundreds of millions of users and critical Apple businesses. As a Software Engineering Manager on the ASE Traffic team, you will lead engineers designing and delivering traffic solutions. The team will build, deploy, and operate the next generation of traffic mesh, ingress proxy, egress proxy, and border proxy. You will execute the vision for Apple Load Balancer, Apple Transit Gateway, and Apple Traffic Mesh; guide architecture and development practices; own parts of the architecture; and partner with the global ASE Traffic team and teams across Network, Compute, and Security. You will also work closely with program management, product management, and SRE partners. The workplace is described as collaborative and growth-focused, with technical guidance and mentorship. Employees are encouraged to balance social interaction and focused work, use accrued vacation, and maintain work-life balance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
At least 5 years of software engineering experience; the posting also specifies 8+ years of experience in software engineering for highly scalable distributed services.
At least 2 years of software engineering leadership experience; the posting also specifies 4+ years of software engineering management experience.
Deep understanding of traffic management at scale at Layer 4 and/or Layer 7 of the network OSI model.
Strong communication skills with cross-functional engineering and non-engineering partners.
Experience operating highly scalable distributed services.
Track record of building and managing engineering teams.
Professional expertise in Traffic/Edge Engineering or Cloud Networking.
Hands-on experience with open-source traffic software such as Envoy, Istio, or NGINX.
Experience operating workloads across multiple cloud-native environments and in a hybrid multi-cloud environment.
Experience with modern containerization platforms such as the Kubernetes ecosystem.
Exposure to end-to-end traffic routing in a complex ecosystem, from CDNs to application instances via multiple hops.
Full product lifecycle ownership mindset, from design through implementation and production.

Responsibilities

Execute the vision for Apple Load Balancer, Apple Transit Gateway, and Apple Traffic Mesh.
Drive architectural decisions and development best practices to optimize performance.
Own distinct parts of the architecture while partnering with the global ASE Traffic team.
Collaborate with program management, product management, and SRE partners.
Align with partner teams in Network, Compute, and Security.
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers, fostering collaboration, inclusivity, accountability, and technical excellence.
Develop and evolve the team’s processes, values, and culture, focusing on camaraderie, efficiency, and simplicity.
Build, deploy, and operate traffic mesh, ingress proxy, egress proxy, and border proxy solutions.