Sr. Software Engineering Manager, Intelligent System Experience
Apple
Software Engineering, Other Engineering
Cupertino, CA, USA
USD 262,500-433,400 / year + Equity
Posted on Apr 3, 2026
Apple devices have revolutionized how people live, connect, and work. It’s not by chance! By thoughtfully blending beautiful, premium hardware with intuitive, innovative system software, we design and build a uniquely impactful intelligent user experience. We are looking for a leader to improve the way our software development and testing process works for our intelligence platform. Work with an energetic, hard-working, fun team of managers, engineers, and cross-functional teams to deliver an amazing intelligence platform, tools, and quality process so that Apple can deliver the best experiences on the planet!
In this role you will be responsible for managing and providing leadership for a developer tools and quality engineering team, partnered closely with a team that helps deliver on key platform components for Apple Intelligence. You will contribute to our roadmap, platform strategy, resource planning, and own delivery of platforms, services, and support. You should be experienced in making data-driven decisions and exhibit a strong desire to continuously improve developer experience and customer experience that impacts thousands of developers and hundreds of millions of customers. You will foster relationships across Apple and facilitate communication between cross-divisional groups. You should feel comfortable communicating project status to leads and executives, presenting in program sponsorship reviews, and be proficient giving product demos. As an ISE Sr. Engineering Manager, you will help measure and improve the software development lifecycle through direct and indirect leadership.
- BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent
- 15+ years of professional engineering experience
- 10+ years of building and managing engineering teams
- Experience managing multiple teams including other managers
- Passionate about Quality, Automation, and Efficiency
- Proven track record of delivering infrastructure and developer focused tools and automation
- Demonstrated ownership of large cross-functional and multi-team projects
- Direct experience managing project status and expectations with stakeholders
- Proven technical leadership (including ML experience), hiring, education, and team mentorship
- Strong verbal, written communication, and organizational skills
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