Sr. Software Engineering Manager, Foundation - Wallet, Payments & Commerce

Apple • New York, NY

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About The Position

At Apple, great ideas become products that touch the lives of billions. Wallet, Payments & Commerce is at the center of that work, powering experiences like Apple Pay, Apple Cash, and Tap to Pay that are redefining how the world pays and interacts with financial services. If you are a seasoned engineering leader who thrives at the intersection of deep technical complexity and people development, this is your opportunity to do the most impactful work of your career. The Foundation organization within Wallet, Payments & Commerce (WPC) builds the developer platform and server-side capabilities that power all WPC products and services. We are looking for an experienced, high-impact Senior Software Engineering Manager to lead a team of engineering managers and software engineers with full end-to-end production ownership across a portfolio of core capabilities.

Requirements

• 15+ years of software engineering experience
• 8+ years of direct engineering management experience, including leading engineering managers and developing senior individual contributors
• Strong production experience with JVM-based languages, microservices architectures, and high-availability server-side services
• Deep expertise in distributed systems fundamentals, including SQL and NoSQL data stores, consistency models, and multi-region deployment topologies (active-active and active-passive)
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical design and architecture reviews, evaluate complex trade-offs, identify technical risks, and drive operational excellence including on-call culture and incident management
• Strong decision-making and communication skills in ambiguous environments
• Ability to deliver structured feedback, communicate strategy clearly, and build trust with cross-functional partners across organizational boundaries
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Nice To Haves

• Domain experience in payments, commerce, or financial services, including familiarity with compliance, privacy, and security considerations
• Demonstrated track record of developing talent, growing individual contributors into senior roles, and coaching engineering managers to scale their leadership
• Experience with re-platforming, modularizing, or scaling backend systems
• Experience navigating cross-functional alignment across distributed and cross-timezone teams
• Master's degree

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of engineering managers and software engineers responsible for the technical direction, architecture, delivery, and ongoing operation of critical services supporting foundational domain capabilities used across all WPC products.
• Partner with managers and senior engineers on system design and technical strategy, ensuring services meet high standards for scale, reliability, and security.
• Maintain technical credibility across the team's systems, evaluating architectural trade-offs, participating in design reviews, identifying technical risks, and guiding delivery from concept to production.
• Mentor and grow engineering managers and software engineers, support their career development, and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and delivery excellence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior