CloudKit Engineering Leader: Scale, Reliability & Privacy

Apple, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 196,000 - 338,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock purchase plan

Discretionary bonuses

Relocation assistance

Comprehensive medical and dental

Retirement benefits

Discounted products

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead CloudKit, Apple's privacy-focused foundational database platform. You will guide the vision and roadmap for core components, overseeing architecture, data consistency, recovery, and self-healing at scale, while mentoring engineers across iCloud teams.

You will partner with SRE and solutions engineering to deliver reliable, secure cloud infrastructure and foster a high-performance culture with mentorship and technical rigor.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with 3+ years in leadership.
• Experience building and operating large-scale, multi-tenant distributed systems.
• Ability to manage multiple complex priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong engineering culture: transparency, mentorship and technical rigor.
• Excellent communication across organizational boundaries.
• Experience in large organizations with high standards for quality and reliability.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Own vision and roadmap for CloudKit components and ensure data consistency and recovery.
• Lead a team focused on distributed databases, job frameworks, and cloud-native infra.
• Oversee execution, architectural decisions, and release processes.
• Scale operational practices and develop the next generation of engineering leaders.
• Collaborate with SRE and solutions engineering for seamless data-critical subsystems.

Skills

Distributed systems leadership

Strategic thinking

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE or related field

Tools

Java

C

C++

NoSQL databases (FoundationDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra)

Netty

gRPC

Temporal

Kafka

AWS

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead CloudKit, Apple's privacy-focused foundational database platform. You will guide the vision and roadmap for core components, overseeing architecture, data consistency, recovery, and self-healing at scale, while mentoring engineers across iCloud teams.

You will partner with SRE and solutions engineering to deliver reliable, secure cloud infrastructure and foster a high-performance culture with mentorship and technical rigor.