Senior Engineering Manager - RAD - Ops Business Process Reengineering

Apple Inc.; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 5,500,000 - 8,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the RAD organization within Ops Business Process Reengineering.

This role requires overseeing multiple engineering teams and their managers, delivering large-scale business web applications, and driving growth of a high-performing engineering organization in India. You will partner with cross-regional and cross-functional teams, define engineering standards, and advance GenAI-powered efficiencies while

Qualifications

• 17+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in people/engineering management.
• Experience as a manager of managers overseeing multiple teams.
• Ability to scale multiple engineering teams across concurrent initiatives.
• Track record architecting large-scale web applications that power business functions.
• Experience working across cross-regional and cross-functional teams.
• Strong business engagement and stakeholder influence.
• Hands-on background in modern web development (front-end/backend).
• Experience driving GenAI adoption with quality controls and governance.
• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or Information Technology.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of engineers and managers.
• Operate as a manager of managers, ensuring delivery and team health.
• Own end-to-end delivery of large-scale web applications across streams.
• Balance workload and resources across multiple teams and initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-regional and cross-functional stakeholders on priorities.
• Define engineering standards, best practices, and delivery frameworks.
• Drive GenAI-powered efficiencies with governance and quality checks.

Skills

People management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Architectural thinking

GenAI adoption

Web application development

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IT

Tools

AWS

GCP

Microservices

CI/CD

GenAI tooling

Job description

Senior Engineering Manager - RAD - Ops Business Process Reengineering

Hyderabad, Telangana, India Operations and Supply Chain

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, great 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 could accomplish.Our Sales & Ops Engineering team in India is looking for an experienced Sr Engineering Manager to lead within the RAD (Rapid Application Development) Engineering organization.

Description

This critical role requires a blend of strong technical acumen, exceptional leadership skills, and a passion for driving business impact through technology. As a manager of managers, you will oversee multiple engineering teams and their respective managers, leading the design, delivery, and scaling of large, complex business web applications that power Ops functions globally - while building and growing a high-performing engineering organization in India and partnering closely with cross-regional and cross-functional stakeholders to drive overall business growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement, with a strong focus on people development and career growth.


• Operate as a manager of managers, leading multiple engineering teams through their respective Engineering Managers/Leads - setting direction, holding managers accountable for delivery and team health, and ensuring consistency in engineering standards and practices across teams.


• Coach and develop first-line managers, helping them grow into stronger leaders through regular 1:1s, feedback, delegation, and succession planning.


• Own the end-to-end delivery of large-scale, complex business web applications - from architecture and design through development, testing, and production rollout - across multiple concurrent work-streams and teams.


• Balance workload, priorities, and resourcing across multiple teams, ensuring the right talent is aligned to the right initiatives at the right time.


• Partner with cross-regional and cross-functional teams (Business,UX, QA, Support and Engineering peers across geographies) to align on priorities, dependencies, and delivery timelines.


• Build and scale a high-performance engineering organization in India, establishing strong engineering practices, hiring pipelines, and career frameworks that support long-term talent growth across all levels - from individual contributors to managers.


• Drive business engagement from India, acting as a trusted technical partner to business stakeholders and representing India's engineering's voice in broader organizational strategy and roadmap discussions.


• Define and evolve engineering best practices, architectural standards, and delivery frameworks to ensure scalable, maintainable, and high-quality solutions across all teams under their purview.


• Identify and drive adoption of GenAI-powered efficiencies across the software development lifecycle - including code generation, code review assistance, documentation, and test case generation - while establishing strong review checkpoints, validation gates, and quality guardrails to ensure GenAI-assisted output meets the same rigor and reliability bar as traditionally engineered work.


• Balance the speed and efficiency gains from GenAI tooling with a disciplined approach to quality assurance, ensuring outcomes remain accurate, secure, maintainable, and free of unintended technical debt.


• Manage competing priorities across multiple teams and concurrent projects, balancing short-term delivery needs with long-term technical and organizational health.


• Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels - including senior leadership - articulating technical strategy, project status, risks, and trade-offs clearly and confidently.


• Identify trends, measure delivery and quality metrics, and drive data-driven decisions to continuously improve team and project outcomes.


• Maintain strong attention to detail across strategic planning, people management, and technical execution.

Minimum Qualifications

• 17+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5+ years in a people/engineering management role, leading teams delivering large, complex business applications.


• Proven experience operating as a manager of managers, having directly led other engineering managers/leads and overseen multiple teams simultaneously, with accountability for org-wide delivery and team health.


• Demonstrated ability to manage and scale multiple engineering teams in parallel, balancing resourcing, priorities, and delivery timelines across concurrent initiatives.


• Proven track record of architecting and delivering large-scale, complex web applications supporting critical business functions (e.g., Sales, Operations, or enterprise business platforms).


• Demonstrated experience working across cross-regional and cross-functional teams in a large, global enterprise environment, navigating multiple timezones, geographies, and organizational structures.


• Strong experience in business engagement - able to build trusted relationships with business stakeholders from India, influence roadmap and strategy, and represent engineering's perspective in business conversations.


• Hands-on background in modern web application development (front-end and back-end), with working knowledge of relevant languages, frameworks, and architectural patterns for scalable enterprise systems.


• Practical experience driving GenAI adoption within engineering teams - for example, using GenAI tools to accelerate development, testing, and documentation - paired with a clear framework for validating output quality, mitigating risk, and maintaining engineering standards.


• Bachelors / Masters degree in Computer Science or Information Technology from a reputed school

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), micro-services architecture, and CI/CD practices for enterprise-grade application delivery.


• A clear point of view on people growth - proven ability to build career frameworks, mentor engineers and future leaders (including first-line managers), and cultivate high-performance, inclusive team cultures.


• Track record of building or significantly scaling engineering teams in India, including hiring strategy and organizational design across multiple teams.


• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills, with a data-driven approach to problem-solving and decision-making.


• Superior communication (written and verbal), presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across all levels, including with senior leadership and global peers.


• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, delivery methodologies (Agile/Scrum), and an engineering mindset to solve complex business and technical problems.

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