Software Engineering Manager, Partner & Release Management

Apple • Sunnyvale, CA

3h

About The Position

As the Integration Engineering Manager, you will serve as the central coordination point between Apple's platform engineering teams — including Compute, Kubernetes, Application Security, and Service Mesh — and the broader engineering organization. You will ensure that partner team integrations are well-defined, properly governed, and delivered with the highest standards of reliability and quality. You will own the full lifecycle of partner integration engagements: from initial scoping and API/contract definitions through delivery, validation, and production rollout. You will also be responsible for building and maturing release automation pipelines and quality engineering practices that span these integrations. We are looking for an engineering leader who thrives in ambiguous, cross-organizational environments, brings strong technical judgment, and is passionate about creating repeatable, scalable processes that enable engineering teams to move faster and safer.

Requirements

• 8 years of hands-on experience in software development
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership or engineering management role with people management responsibilities
• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional integration programs involving multiple partner engineering teams
• Proven track record working with infrastructure or platform teams in areas such as Compute, container orchestration (Kubernetes) or networking
• Strong understanding of integration patterns, API design, and distributed systems
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and quality engineering practices

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Kubernetes, Open Stack, service mesh technologies (e.g., Envoy, Istio, Linkerd) and their integration into platform ecosystems
• Broad experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and microservices architectures
• Experience building or scaling quality engineering functions including automated integration testing, chaos engineering, or contract testing frameworks
• Strong organizational, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to drive alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, meet aggressive deadlines, and drive complex cross-team initiatives to completion
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and platform automation tooling

Responsibilities

• Serve as the central coordination point between Apple's platform engineering teams
• Ensure that partner team integrations are well-defined, properly governed, and delivered with the highest standards of reliability and quality
• Own the full lifecycle of partner integration engagements: from initial scoping and API/contract definitions through delivery, validation, and production rollout
• Building and maturing release automation pipelines and quality engineering practices that span these integrations

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed