Platform Foundations Manager

The Platform Foundations team at Apple part of the Intelligent System Experience (ISE) organization is responsible for architecting and developing the core frameworks that power both user interface development and fundamental system capabilities. The team builds foundational technologies that serve as building blocks for application experiences as well as critical system frameworks that enable essential functionality such as application lifecycle management process orchestration and are seeking a manager who brings strong technical curiosity and a demonstrated ability to quickly ramp in new areas building depth across a broad set of technologies. This leader will inspire and motivate engineers foster a culture of ownership and innovation and keep the end-user experience at the center of all decisions and execution.

As an Engineering Manager on the Platform Foundations team you will collaborate with leaders across multiple engineering organizations at Apple spanning UI layers to low-level OS infrastructure. You will build strong cross-functional partnerships while advocating for your teams technical direction priorities and will be responsible for project planning execution and resource allocation ensuring your team consistently delivers high-quality solutions that delight customers around the world. Balancing hands-on technical leadership with people management you will guide the development of innovative OS-level capabilities while supporting the growth and success of your teams work underpins how features are built and delivered across the platform year after year with a strong emphasis on quality reliability and performance.

2 years of engineering management experience leading iOS macOS or systems-level development teamsn7 years of software development experience with strong expertise in C Objective-C or SwiftnProven track record of shipping complex software products and/or frameworksnExperience with concurrent programming and multi-threadingnExceptional problem solving critical thinking and communication skillsnOpen-minded strong collaboration skills pro-active mindsetnBachelor of Computer Science or equivalent work experience

- Solid understanding of Apple development technologies including libdispatch XPCn- Excellent understanding of optimization and performance issues across OS software layers n- Experience developing public or private APIs