Job Details

Senior Engineering Manager - Observability

Seattle, Washington, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: Jul 28, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200614070

The Apple Cloud Infrastructure team is building the next generation of platforms that empower engineers in Apple to build products that our customers love. We're a fast paced, highly skilled team designing and building a suite of infrastructure and platform services.

We are developing new, innovative observability services and are searching for a leader who has experience in large-scale distributed systems and can lead a team of highly talented engineers.

If the thought of working with petabytes of data interests you, this is the place to be. Our systems must scale globally, stay highly available, and "just work”, while supporting some of the largest services in world. That's a tall order, and we're looking for a leader who loves challenges. If you'd love to join this amazing team, we'd love to hear from you!

Description

This leader will have a responsibility and influence over the direction and backend of Apple’s observability platform. You should be someone with ideas and passion for software delivered as a service to maximize reuse, efficiency, and simplicity. Your work will impact thousands of engineers in Apple and is necessary to the success of some of the most visible current and future features.

You should have the courage and experience to be frank and ambitious but humble enough to listen to others. We want your thoughts on how we can move faster, be more creative, and deliver tools and ideas to empower developers around the world. We expect you to challenge the status quo, to care about the details, the end user, and how it all comes together.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience in managing teams of 10 or more software engineers

• Understanding of core distributed systems concepts, such as fault-tolerance, consistency, and distributed rate-limiting

• Great communication, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills

• Strong attention to detail and excellent analytical capabilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with implementing observability (metrics, alerting, logging, tracing) at scale

• Understanding of core CS concepts including data structures, algorithms and concurrent programming

• Experience with one of Java, Scala, Golang, or Rust

• Experience managing other managers or senior ICs

• 15+ years of industry experience

• 10+ years experience as a manager

• BS or MS in CS or equivalent

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $216,600 and $374,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.Learn more about Apple Benefits. (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html)

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

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Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation.

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