Engineering Manager — SONiC Networking & Systems

Apple, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 238,000 - 356,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Dental

Stock options

Relocation assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Apple is seeking a highly technical Engineering Manager to lead a team developing and enhancing SONiC-based networking software. You will work with network architects, hardware teams, and vendors on complex design decisions, debugging, and roadmap execution for scalable data-center networking.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, architecture reviews, and mentoring engineers to deliver reliable, observable software within Apple’s Infrastructure Services group.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering with a strong networking and systems software foundation.
• 5+ years of experience leading or managing software engineering teams in networking, infrastructure, distributed systems, or systems software.
• Strong hands-on background in C/C++, Go, or Python.
• Strong understanding of computer networking fundamentals, including Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding.
• Experience with network operating systems, switching software, routing platforms, or large-scale network infrastructure software.
• Knowledge of SONiC architecture, SAI, and hardware-programming interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of software engineers developing SONiC-based network platforms.
• Provide technical leadership across SONiC applications, routing and switching software, Linux networking, SAI, and ASIC SDKs.
• Participate in architecture reviews and detailed software design discussions.
• Guide engineers through complex debugging across the networking stack.
• Drive technical strategy and roadmap for SONiC capabilities, reliability, and observability.
• Collaborate with network ASIC vendors and hardware teams to resolve SDK, SAI, and forwarding issues.
• Establish engineering practices around design, coding, testing, release readiness, and production support.

Skills

C/C++

Go/Python

Networking fundamentals

SONiC architecture

Leadership

System software

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SAI

ASIC SDKs

Job description

Apple is seeking a highly technical Engineering Manager to lead a team developing and enhancing SONiC-based networking software. You will work with network architects, hardware teams, and vendors on complex design decisions, debugging, and roadmap execution for scalable data-center networking.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, architecture reviews, and mentoring engineers to deliver reliable, observable software within Apple’s Infrastructure Services group.