Software Engineering Manager, cloudOS Core Systems

Apple•Seattle, WA

18h

About The Position

The cloudOS Core Systems team builds and maintains system software—including runtime libraries, frameworks, and daemons—that powers data centers and Apple Intelligence. It provides a reliable, secure abstraction layer for managing hardware and running applications across Apple silicon platforms, including Private Cloud Compute, Apple cloud, and third-party use cases. The team’s work spans management of Apple silicon hardware (APB, BMC, and compute nodes), operating-system platform functionality for workloads, and observability across hardware and clients. The Software Engineering Manager will lead engineers across low-level operating systems and services, data center services, and APIs. This is a hands-on technical leadership role that stays close to architecture, design reviews, and trade-offs while driving the technical roadmap and software delivery. The manager will partner with teams in Cupertino, Seattle, and London to deliver high-quality features with privacy and security as priorities, from concept through production. The role includes building and developing an inclusive engineering team, setting its strategic vision and roadmap, and leading complex projects from end to end. The manager will collaborate with hardware, product, security, privacy, and cloud teams; address cross-functional bottlenecks; and represent the team’s work and needs to senior and executive leadership. Success requires technical depth, strong people-management skills, clear communication, and comfort navigating ambiguity and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

At least 8 years of excellence in system software development, or equivalent experience.
At least 3 years of engineering management experience.
A track record of delivering complex, large-scale engineering projects across multiple teams or organizations.
Experience building and shipping OS-level software on an operating system team.
Experience with observability for systems at scale, including telemetry, logging, metrics, and diagnostics.
Experience with data center platforms, such as server platforms, BMC, or hardware management software.
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Ability to drive a strategy or project from an initial idea through production.
Strong execution skills, including setting clear priorities, maintaining a high quality bar, and consistently delivering complex projects on schedule with measurable outcomes.
Passion for product ownership and a track record of product development.
Experience building operating systems, kernels, drivers, daemons, or frameworks.
Proficiency in C, C++, Objective-C, or Swift.
Experience with hardware management and bring-up software, such as BMC, firmware, embedded software, or platform software.
Experience with observability and diagnostics across hardware and operating systems.
Experience designing, implementing, and operating large-scale distributed systems and networking protocols.
Experience growing a team and leading change across multiple sites.
Knowledge of networking protocols, security, privacy, and cryptography, including TLS, cryptographic chains of trust, encryption at rest, Key Transparency, and end-to-end encryption.
Track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong engineers.
Strong communication and people-management skills; ability to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities.

Responsibilities

Build, mentor, and manage an inclusive team of high-performing engineers.
Drive hiring and onboarding, manage performance, and prioritize team health and growth paths.
Define the strategic vision and technical roadmap for the team’s system software and services.
Lead complex, multi-year projects end to end, balancing rapid iteration with long-term architectural stability.
Stay involved in architecture, design reviews, and technical trade-offs.
Partner with hardware, product, security, privacy, and cloud teams to deliver secure and reliable experiences.
Foster engineering excellence in system reliability, scalable architecture, observability, performance, and cost efficiency.
Proactively identify problems and resolve cross-functional bottlenecks.
Present the team’s work to executive leadership and advocate for resources and technical direction.
Champion user-content security and privacy, applying secure-by-design and privacy-by-design principles in architecture and delivery.
Coordinate multiple teams and drive alignment across organizations and sites.
Hire, develop, and retain strong engineers.