Software Engineering Manager, ASE Commerce Engineering

Apple Services Engineering is behind the App Store Apple TV Apple Music Apple Podcastsnand Apple Books -- the storefronts and services hundreds of millions of customers reach fornevery day. Within Apple Services Engineering the Commerce team owns the systems thatnhandle purchases and subscriptions for those customers and for the developers who build onnour platforms. We are hiring an Engineering Manager to lead a small team in Commerce. If younare drawn to leading a team that ships work with direct measurable customer impact -- ansmoother checkout experience a subscription that launches reliably in a new country a billingnsystem that holds up under peak load -- this role offers that scope. You will encounterntechnically complex problems a collaborative team and a scale of systems that is difficult tonfind 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 teamsntechnical direction delivery and growth. Day to day that means partnering with your engineersnon design and execution working across Apple Services Engineering and partner organizationsnto land roadmap commitments and investing in the development of the people on your is a technically engaged management role. You will maintain active involvement in thencodebase through code reviews design discussions and direct contributions when thensituation calls for it. You will serve as a credible technical partner to your team able to identifyntechnical risk and quality gaps through design engagement and code review.

Manage a team of 3 to 5 software engineers with a focus on career development regular 1:1s structured feedback and performance supportnOwn delivery for your teams roadmap from scoping through production rollout and keep partners informed proactively when plans changenGuide technical direction on commerce tax accounting and reporting systems working with senior engineers on architecture decisions and trade-offsnMaintain active technical engagement with the codebase through code reviews and when the situation calls for it direct contributionsnPartner with product design program management and peer engineering teams to define and ship featuresnImprove and maintain standards for operational health -- including on-call processes incident response system performance and code quality that produces maintainable long-term valuenSupport engineers in their career growth provide specific and constructive feedback and create opportunities for them to take on expanded scope and responsibilitynMake decisions in ambiguous situations and communicate the rationale clearly and transparently to your team and stakeholdersnMaintain rigorous standards for customer privacy and security in all systems the team designs and operates

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 leadnProduction experience with Java and service-oriented or microservices architectures including design deployment and ongoing operation of backend servicesnSufficient technical engagement to conduct meaningful code reviews contribute to architectural design discussions and identify technical risk in systems under active developmentnWorking knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases -- including data modeling query optimization and operational considerations for systems such as Cassandra or equivalent distributed datastoresnExperience shipping and operating RESTful services at scale with a practical understanding of eventual consistency and its implications for system correctness and reliabilitynAbility to make sound decisions with incomplete information and communicate the reasoning behind those decisions clearly to engineers and cross-functional partnersnStrong 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 audiencesnBachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or a related field or equivalent practical experience. A Masters 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 domainsnDemonstrated track record of developing engineers helping mid-level individual contributors grow into senior roles and senior engineers expand into broader technical or organizational scopenExperience re-platforming or scaling backend systems that were undergoing significant growth. related challenges including managing the technical and delivery complexity of that transitionnFamiliarity with the regulatory tax and compliance considerations involved in operating a global commerce platform across multiple jurisdictions and currenciesnSome exposure to frontend or client-side development sufficient to collaborate effectively with client platform teams on feature integration and API designnExperience working with distributed or globally located teams including navigating cross-timezone coordination and asynchronous communication normsnComfort presenting technical strategy and team progress to senior leadership including the ability to tailor communication to a non-engineering executive audience