Software Engineering Manager - Siri Evaluation, Test Development Tooling

Apple•Cupertino, CA

About The Position

Siri's quality signal drives every model and product decision before a release ships, and that signal is only as good as the tests and scenarios behind it. The Test Development Tooling team, part of the Siri's Agentic Evaluation Engineering organization, is reimagining how those scenarios are created and maintained. We build tools and AI-powered automation that free our engineers to focus on the quality and strategy of evaluation rather than the manual work of authoring tests. We're looking for an inspiring, hands-on engineering leader to run this team and set its technical direction.

Requirements

5+ years of experience developing production software (e.g., Swift, Python, Java, or Go)
3+ years of engineering management experience
Strong technical leadership and the ability to set architectural direction and inspire a team
Experience with test infrastructure, CI/CD, or evaluation/ML platforms
Proactive and self-motivated, with demonstrated creative and critical-thinking abilities

Nice To Haves

Experience building or leading teams that apply LLMs / AI agents to real engineering workflows (e.g., automated test generation, code generation, or agentic pipelines with human-in-the-loop review)
Depth in one or more of: distributed systems and backend services (REST/gRPC), cloud infrastructure (Docker/Kubernetes), data platforms, or large-scale test and release infrastructure
Familiarity with Apple's testing frameworks (XCTest and related) and with ML/LLM evaluation concepts
Demonstrated cross-functional leadership and the ability to drive coverage and quality decisions with senior stakeholders
Experience hiring and growing a team, including senior engineers
Excellent spoken and written communication skills
Comfort operating in ambiguity and reshaping team scope as the domain matures