Job Description

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, is the result of us making each other's ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It's the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you'll do more than join something - you'll add something. Do you enjoy solving challenging problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where you'll work with many different teams across Apple? If so, we are looking for a Engineering Manager to join our team. We build platform services in the customer systems domain for Apple's customers. Come help us innovate on creating meaningful experiences that makes a big difference in our customers lives.
Description
You will need to be hands-on and directly responsible for your own deliverables. You will have to apply creative problem-solving approaches and advocate for innovative technical solutions You will have to mentor and guide engineers, providing technical leadership and fostering professional growth. You will lead an impactful team of individual contributors with responsibilities that span the entire software engineering lifecycle. You will be accountable for your team's engineering decisions, delivery quality, and commitments. You will build and maintain relationships with global leaders, peers, and partners in a matrix organizational structure Your portfolio will include critical platform services, each with multiple complex, fast-moving concurrent projects. You will have to adapt to an environment where the business priorities may change rapidly. You will collaborate with peers to build the technical roadmap that should be aligned with the business vision for the product. You will plan work distribution and drive execution for your team. Achieving objectives and outcomes will require advocating for your ideas, solving problems creatively, and working smartly to cross the finish line.
Minimum Qualifications

• 10 years of hands-on experience in building and implementing web services solutions (preferably Java)
• Optional 1 year experience in managing and mentoring a team of impactful software engineers working on internet-scale products.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• 10 years or relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with geographically distributed leaders, peers, and partners.
• Solid knowledge of software development process including agile methods and ability to adjust for what works best
• Ability to make priority and trade-off decisions based on sound Software Engineering & Architecture principles

Skills Required