Senior Software Engineering Manager, Creative Apps

Apples Creator Studio team builds the creative applications that empower millions of users to express their creativity and vision on Apple platforms. We are looking for a seasoned engineering leader to manage a high-performing team of domain expert engineering creatives looking to do the best work of their careers on a highly visible highly impactful product.

In this role you will lead multiple engineering teams driving technical strategy execution and team development. You will partner closely with product design and XFN teams to deliver polished innovative features built on UIKit AppKit and modern agentic frameworks. Day-to-day you will balance hands-on technical engagement with people leadership hiring mentoring and growing both engineers and managers on your team.

Lead a multi-level team of software engineers and engineering managers building photography and creative apps on iOS and macOSnDefine and drive the technical roadmap for creative feature developmentnPartner with product management and design to translate creative vision into shipped software with exceptional craft and performancenEstablish engineering excellence practices and define what it means to develop quality software in an evolving landscape of human/machine develop and retain top engineering talent; provide clear career growth paths for both ICs and managersnCollaborate cross-functionally with platform infrastructure and other app teams to resolve dependencies and share best practicesnRepresent the team in leadership forums communicating progress risks and strategic direction with clarity and confidence

5 years of engineering management experience including direct management of both engineers and managersnDeep expertise in iOS and/or macOS application development using UIKit and/or AppKitnProven experience delivering complex consumer-facing apps from concept through App Store releasenStrong background in software architecture app frameworks and UI systems at production scalenTrack record of building and developing high-performing engineering teams in a fast-paced product environmentnDemonstrated ability to drive technical decisions across multiple concurrent workstreams with minimal direction

Hands-on experience with photography imaging or creative application development on Apple platformsnFamiliarity with on-device machine learning integration or intelligent creative toolingnSkilled in navigating large cross-functional organizations and aligning diverse stakeholders around a shared technical visionnExperience contributing to or consuming first-party Apple frameworks or deep knowledge of Apple platform internalsnProficiency in Swift and modern Objective-C with a strong sense of what high-quality Apple platform code looks likenPrior experience managing geographically distributed or hybrid engineering teamsnBachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience