Engineering Manager - Software Performance - Apple Maps

Apple•Cupertino, CA

About The Position

Apple Maps is seeking a software engineering manager to lead its Power and Performance team. The team works to deliver smooth, responsive Maps experiences across Apple-supported platforms while balancing performance, power efficiency, and battery life. The manager will guide performance and power optimizations, develop tools and processes that provide actionable insights, and work with internal and cross-functional partners to define, prioritize, and report performance metrics. The role will help shape performance management policies and approaches for upcoming devices and software releases. The manager will lead quality and process improvements to ensure features are reliable and ready for customers, while managing multiple deliverables and communicating priorities, progress, and risks. The role involves hands-on work on complex technical problems and collaboration across software, hardware, design, privacy, operating system, Maps UI, frameworks, and rendering teams. It will also influence long-term technical strategy and hardware and software roadmaps using data-driven insights.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related degree, plus at least 10 years of progressive growth in a technical capacity.
Extensive experience leading, growing, and managing small-to-medium-sized high-performing engineering teams.
Hands-on experience optimizing and enhancing cross-platform application performance.
Experience with iOS, macOS, and Linux application development using Swift, Objective-C, C++, and web technologies.
Knowledge of advanced power management and power and battery-life analysis techniques.
Experience with automated performance testing and regression analysis systems.
Track record of shipping consumer products at scale with a focus on user experiences.
Track record of influencing technical strategy and making data-driven recommendations.
Exceptional interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills for strong cross-functional partnerships.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in a technical field.
Demonstrated ability to define, plan, and execute large-scale projects involving multiple teams.
Strong debugging and triaging skills for complex, multi-layered systems issues.
Hands-on experience with computer science fundamentals including systems, threading, data structures, memory, and graphics.
Hands-on experience with real-time rendering and computer graphics.

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor the Maps Power and Performance team to deliver user experiences across Apple platforms.
Drive performance analysis, optimization strategies, and memory and power efficiency improvements.
Make decisions that balance performance, quality, power efficiency, and schedule constraints.
Drive requirements and development of automated testing pipelines and regression analysis systems to identify performance outliers.
Partner with operating system teams and Maps UI, frameworks, and rendering teams to define and implement power and performance policies.
Define and implement processes and engineering best practices to reach and maintain performance standards.
Influence long-term technical strategy and hardware and software roadmaps to improve responsiveness and battery life using data-driven insights.
Communicate executive-level status and performance discussions.
Drive quality and process improvements to ensure features are reliable and ready for release.
Manage priorities and communicate progress and risks effectively and systematically.