Software Development Engineer Manager, AIS

Apple; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking an extraordinary Software Engineering Manager focused on Information Security to lead a team delivering scalable security tooling for web and network protection. You will mentor engineers, set strategic direction, and deliver high-impact security solutions that protect Apple’s ecosystems.

You will directly contribute to projects, drive AI-enabled tooling improvements, collaborate with partner teams to align capabilities, and ensure reliable, efficient security scanning at scale

Qualifications

• Prior management experience.
• Strong backend/distributed systems experience with deep engagement.
• Proven Go (Golang) development and architecture expertise.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, including performance reviews and career development.
• Drive strategic direction of tooling and detection creation processes.
• Build capabilities leveraging AI and data sources within Apple to improve scanning quality.
• Build collaborative relationships with partner teams to deliver tooling improvements based on business needs.
• Align tooling approaches to provide a consolidated experience.

Skills

Go (Golang)

Linux

Networking concepts

Management experience

Tools

gRPC

Swift

Agentic workflows

Job description

Summary

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you can accomplish. We are seeking an extraordinary Software Engineering Manager who is passionate about Information Security, and can thrive in a fast-paced environment, managing a team responsible for developing Web and network based security tooling at Apple. This is a technical hands-on role that is focused on delivery of technologies used to protect Apple.

Description

In this role, you will manage a team building and deploying highly scalable and efficient solutions that will identify and report security risks across our organisation. You should be technically credible, able to contribute directly to the projects. If you have a passion for building security products, this role will enable you to apply your skills to solve new and exciting problems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Manage and mentor a team of engineers , including performance reviews and and career development
• Driving strategic direction of the tooling and detection creation processes.
• Building new capabilities and approaches leveraging AI and data sources within Apple to improve the quality of scanning
• Build collaborative relationships with patner teams to to deliver improvements and enhancements to the tools based on deep understanding of their business needs and requirements
• Align approaches across our tooling to provide an improved consolidated experience.

Minimum Qualifications

• Prior management experience
• A strong software engineering background in systems, backend, distributed systems, or platform work, with the ability to engage deeply
• Proven track record in software development and architecture in Go (Golang)
• Solid grasp of Linux operating systems and familiarity with, networking concepts (e.g. socket programming)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with gRPC
• Experience developing security auditing products
• Experience in vulnerability research
• Experience in developing with Agentic workflowsExperience in Swift

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Role Number: 200686567-2114