Sr. Engineering Leader - Wallet, Payments and Commerce

Apple•Cupertino, CA

About The Position

Apple’s Wallet, Payments, and Commerce teams develop experiences and services for paying, accessing, and interacting with financial services, including Apple Pay, Apple Cash, and Tap to Pay. The Senior Engineering Manager will lead a high-performing engineering organization delivering secure, reliable experiences at massive scale in a global, highly regulated environment. The role sets organizational direction, develops engineering talent, and partners with Product, Design, Business, Legal, and Regulatory leaders to deliver customer-focused products. It requires bringing clarity to complex and ambiguous problems, making decisions with incomplete information, and maintaining high standards for quality, security, and privacy. The position also contributes to product and organizational strategy and collaborates across Apple to align on shared platforms, interfaces, and capabilities.

Requirements

Proven experience leading engineering teams, including managing managers or multiple teams, and delivering complex, high-impact software.
Strong technical background building and operating large-scale distributed systems serving millions of users or handling high-volume transactions.
Experience in payments, financial services, or another regulated domain, with understanding of compliance, security, and privacy implications.
Demonstrated success partnering with and influencing cross-functional leaders, including Product, Design, and Business stakeholders.
Track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong engineering talent, including growing future leaders.
Experience setting direction and driving execution across ambiguous, multi-team initiatives.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage executive and engineering audiences.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with money movement, tokenization, transaction processing, or other financial systems.
Experience with cloud-native architectures and systems built for scale and resilience.
Experience collaborating with external partners, financial institutions, or payment networks.
Experience building or evolving shared platforms serving multiple products or business units.
Familiarity with emerging payment standards and technologies shaping the industry’s future.
Master’s degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Lead, grow, and inspire engineers and engineering managers, fostering trust, accountability, and craft.
Define and communicate the engineering vision, strategy, and roadmap in alignment with product and business priorities.
Own end-to-end delivery of critical initiatives, balancing speed, quality, scalability, security, and compliance.
Partner with Product, Design, Business, Legal, and Regulatory leaders to align priorities, trade-offs, and long-term investments.
Guide architectural and technical decisions with senior engineers and architects to ensure sound designs and sustainable systems.
Establish engineering practices and operational standards that promote reliability, testability, and measurable impact.
Attract, hire, and retain exceptional, diverse talent; coach employees and support career development and leadership growth.
Collaborate across Wallet, Payments, and Commerce and Apple engineering to align shared platforms and interfaces and leverage Apple-wide capabilities.
Manage cross-functional dependencies, risks, and escalations; communicate status and trade-offs clearly to senior leadership.
Represent engineering in senior forums and help shape product and organizational strategy.