Job Details

Senior Engineering Manager, Partner Solutions & Technology

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: May 12, 2025

Role Number: 200602601

Imagine what you could do here! The people here at Apple don’t just create products — we build the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. The diversity of our people and their ideas inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. At Apple, inclusion is a shared responsibility, and we work together to foster a culture where everyone belongs and is inspired to do their best work. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it!

Partner Solutions and Technology (PS&T) is a diverse and multi-disciplinary organization. We are agile software builders, innovative strategists, collaborative partners, and technical product owners, and one of our most important roles is to help Apple Channel Sales positively impact our global customers and partners. We build quality experiences and programs that bring together the very best of Apple to help us reach more people, grow our business, and enrich lives.

Do you love crafting simple, elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Can you intrinsically see the importance of every detail? Our organization is responsible for architecting, designing, and building the software applications and technology that power Apple and our businesses. In this role, you will collaborate with senior technical talent and business leaders across Apple Channel Sales to build and deploy forward-looking solutions that support the sale of Apple products and services all over the world.

We are seeking an Engineering leader to lead and grow our engineering teams. You will not only help build our next generation of products and services but will also be directly responsible for developing our future leaders. You will lead highly performant teams to research, align, architect, drive, and build solutions directly impacting Apple’s bottom line.

Description

We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager who embodies our culture, core values, and compassion for others.

In this Senior Engineering Manager role, you will work in a range of capacities, supporting strategic planning, engineering development, and portfolio management. You will also manage large, cross-functional initiatives that include New Product Introduction (NPI) readiness. In addition, you will play a key role in delivering new strategic technical solutions, using your ability to collaborate and influence effectively.

You will manage complex, large-scale, global, cross-functional programs. The successful candidate must have experience initiating, managing, and enhancing business processes and system infrastructure programs. The ability to communicate and partner across the organization with business groups and regional teams is critical to the role.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:
Strategic Planning: Develop and implement strategic plans to build and enhance applications and technical capabilities, aligning them with Apple’s overall business strategy and applying your expertise in full-stack software development.

Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop a successful team of managers, engineers, architects, and specialists. Foster a collaborative and innovative culture within your organization.

Technical Oversight: Provide technical expertise and guidance on architectures, systems design, and performance optimization. Ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of these platforms.

Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including partner technical teams, product management, program management, quality engineering, security, and customer support, to deliver exceptional customer experiences and deliver optimized solutions.

Project Management: Manage complex projects, including major initiatives and product launches, ensuring timely delivery within budget constraints.

Industry Trends: Stay up-to-date with industry trends, technologies, and best practices in cloud computing and machine learning. Protect our intellectual property and ensure compliance with data protection regulations.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of overall industry experience, with 7+ years building and leading high-performing engineering teams with a diverse portfolio of global technical applications and programs

• Deep understanding of project, program, and portfolio planning and delivery to the level that you can set standards, implement process improvements, and coach team members

• Exceptional communication skills, verbal, written, and presentation

• Ability to motivate and inspire a talented technical team

• Demonstrable ability to deliver large-scale initiatives quickly, even with high levels of complexity and ambiguity

• Creativity to develop new strategies and options, championing continuous improvements

• Proven talent to positively influence people across all functional areas of an organization, build bridges, and cultivate relationships; comfortable being a subject matter authority

• In-depth familiarity with all aspects of the software development lifecycle from planning to deployment and maintenance

• Broad understanding of on-premise and cloud computing architectures, systems design, and performance optimization levers

• Hands-on experience writing code in a contemporary software language (such as Java, Python, Swift, or other) in an integrated systems context

• Ability to exert tactful influence in a matrixed organization

• Character to consistently exhibit high levels of discretion, integrity, and confidentiality

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Entra, or Google Cloud

• Experience operating large-scale multi-tenant infrastructure as a managed service

• In-depth knowledge of algorithms and distributed system architectures

• Knowledge of global sales strategy and the tools that automate and assist these processes

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 $252,400 and $378,700, 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) .

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) .

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

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