Software Engineering Manager, ASE Commerce Engineering

Apple Services Engineering is behind the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts,\\nand Apple Books -- the storefronts and services hundreds of millions of customers reach for\\nevery day. Within Apple Services Engineering, the Commerce team owns the systems that\\nhandle purchases and subscriptions for those customers and for the developers who build on\\nour platforms. We are hiring an Engineering Manager to lead a small team in Commerce. If you\\nare drawn to leading a team that ships work with direct, measurable customer impact -- a\\nsmoother checkout experience, a subscription that launches reliably in a new country, a billing\\nsystem that holds up under peak load -- this role o?ers that scope. You will encounter\\ntechnically complex problems, a collaborative team, and a scale of systems that is di?cult to\\nfind anywhere else.

The Engineering Manager leads a team of software engineers building and operating server-\nside commerce systems at Apple Services Engineering. You will be responsible for the team's\ntechnical direction, delivery, and growth. Day to day, that means partnering with your engineers\non design and execution, working across Apple Services Engineering and partner organizations\nto land roadmap commitments, and investing in the development of the people on your team.\nThis is a technically engaged management role. You will maintain active involvement in the\ncodebase through code reviews, design discussions, and direct contributions when the\nsituation calls for it. You will serve as a credible technical partner to your team, able to identify\ntechnical risk and quality gaps through design engagement and code review.

5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 1 to 2 years of direct people management or equivalent experience leading engineers as a technical lead or project lead\nProduction experience with Java and service-oriented or microservices architectures, including design, deployment, and ongoing operation of backend services\nSu?cient technical engagement to conduct meaningful code reviews, contribute to architectural design discussions, and identify technical risk in systems under active development\nWorking knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases -- including data modeling, query optimization, and operational considerations for systems such as Cassandra or equivalent distributed datastores\nExperience shipping and operating RESTful services at scale, with a practical understanding of eventual consistency and its implications for system correctness and reliability\nAbility to make sound decisions with incomplete information and communicate the reasoning behind those decisions clearly to engineers and cross-functional partners\nStrong written and verbal communication skills -- including the ability to facilitate productive design reviews, deliver structured feedback in 1:1s, and write clearly for technical and non technical audiences\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field or equivalent practical experience. A Master's degree is a plus but is not required

Experience managing teams that own commerce, payments, billing, or subscription systems, including familiarity with the operational and compliance considerations specific to those domains\nDemonstrated track record of developing engineers, helping mid-level individual contributors grow into senior roles and senior engineers expand into broader technical or organizational scope\nExperience re-platforming or scaling backend systems that were undergoing significant growth. related challenges, including managing the technical and delivery complexity of that transition\nFamiliarity with the regulatory, tax, and compliance considerations involved in operating a global commerce platform across multiple jurisdictions and currencies\nSome exposure to frontend or client-side development, su?cient to collaborate e?ectively with client platform teams on feature integration and API design\nExperience working with distributed or globally located teams, including navigating cross-timezone coordination and asynchronous communication norms\nComfort presenting technical strategy and team progress to senior leadership, including the ability to tailor communication to a non-engineering executive audience