Software Engineering Manager

Apple•Cupertino, CA

About The Position

People at Apple don’t just build products — they craft the kind of experience that has revolutionized entire industries. The diverse collection of our people and their ideas inspire innovation in everything we do. Imagine what you could do here! Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. The Apple Services Engineering(ASE) team builds and provides systems and infrastructure that power Apple’s services (such as iCloud, iTunes, Siri, and Maps). We are the foundation on which Apple’s software developers build the products that our customers love. Our services have to scale globally, stay highly available, and "just work.” If you love designing, engineering and running systems and infrastructure that will help millions of customers, then this is the place for you! Apple Service Engineering (ASE)’s Compute team is seeking a highly motivated leader with strong technical and communication skills to join us in on our quest to build and enhance massive clusters hosting virtual machines, containers and associated infrastructure that can scale to meet the demands of Apple’s Services offerings. You will lead a team of world-class engineers working on core compute controller features that drive workload at scale. Ultimately, you will be responsible for building control planes for compute platforms that scales to the needs of our internal and external users. DESCRIPTION In this role you will lead engineers who develop, debug, and maintain key features of a compute control plane service. You will: Define and execute the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Apple's cloud compute platforms. Set technical direction through architecture reviews and cross-team design collaboration. Drive delivery accountability — owning execution against commitments Lead day-to-day execution including sprint planning, prioritization, and retrospectives. Engage closely with partners and customers to drive clarity in Apple's compute needs. Mentor and develop engineers through regular one-on-ones, career planning, and performance feedback, fostering a culture of ownership and continuous improvement. Manage team health, resolve interpersonal issues, and sustain a collaborative working environment Remove blockers and create conditions for the team to do their best work Collaborate with recruiting to attract and hire top compute and systems engineering talent. Hold yourself and others to a high quality standard expected of Apple products

Requirements

Knowledge: problem solving, architecture, debugging, and testing
User-focused: passion for quality, attention to details, and delivering outstanding user experiences
Strong communication and organizational skills.
Experience leading the technical development of larger features and collaborating across organizational boundaries
Experience in project management and project planning.
Experience developing or leading work in distributed systems, critical internet services and/or platform infrastructure.
Understanding of distributed systems and database concepts (consistency models, isolation levels, crash and recovery semantics)
Understanding of core operational concepts - monitoring, alerting, incident management.
BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science / related fields or equivalent work experience

Nice To Haves

Experience leading control plane services for managing control plane infrastructure for large-scale services
Experience hiring engineers and helping grow their careers
Experience managing or developing critical internet services / platform infrastructure
Operating systems concepts (process scheduling, disk and network I/O, performance).
Datacenter architecture (networking topologies, host placement strategies, and failure modes); design of multi-datacenter systems; failure domains; and wide-area networking.
Comfort working with geographically distributed partners
Golang proficiency

Responsibilities

Define and execute the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Apple's cloud compute platforms.
Set technical direction through architecture reviews and cross-team design collaboration.
Drive delivery accountability — owning execution against commitments
Lead day-to-day execution including sprint planning, prioritization, and retrospectives.
Engage closely with partners and customers to drive clarity in Apple's compute needs.
Mentor and develop engineers through regular one-on-ones, career planning, and performance feedback, fostering a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.
Manage team health, resolve interpersonal issues, and sustain a collaborative working environment
Remove blockers and create conditions for the team to do their best work
Collaborate with recruiting to attract and hire top compute and systems engineering talent.
Hold yourself and others to a high quality standard expected of Apple products