Engineering Program Manager, Cloud Infrastructure, Apple Services Engineering

Apple; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Cloud Infrastructure team, part of the Apple Services Engineering group, seeks an extraordinary Engineering Program Manager to help internal device cloud supporting Apple hardware, software, and services. You’ll drive programs across multiple engineering organizations, delivering scale-ready infrastructure and critical services.

You will collaborate with teams across Apple to ship new features, ensure security, and maintain high standards as products evolve across iOS, watchOS, tvOS,

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in software development project management in compute infrastructure domains.
• End-to-end delivery of complex programs and roadmaps.
• Experience deploying large-scale infrastructure on AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Strong OS fundamentals, networking, distributed systems, and infra at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead programs across engineering teams to deliver scalable infrastructure solutions.
• Partner with teams to ship new products and features for Apple services.
• Drive roadmaps, risk management, and stakeholder alignment for multi-org initiatives.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Agile methodologies

Infrastructure expertise

AWS/Azure/GCP

Education

BS in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

Summary

The Apple Services Engineering team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s long-held passion for combining art and technology. These are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books. And they do it on a massive scale, meeting Apple’s high expectations with high performance to deliver a huge variety of entertainment in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries. Our Program Managers partner with engineers who build secure, end-to-end solutions. Thanks to Apple’s unique integration of hardware, software, and services, engineers and Program Managers partner to get behind a single unified vision. That vision always includes a deep commitment to strengthening Apple’s privacy policy, one of Apple’s core values. Although services are a bigger part of Apple’s business than ever before, these teams remain small, nimble, and cross-functional, offering greater exposure to the array of opportunities here.

Description

Apple Cloud Infrastructure team, as part of the Apple Services Engineering team, is seeking an extraordinary Engineering Program Manager (EPM) that can help our internal device cloud, supporting all of Apple’s hardware, software, and services. Your work will help Apple ship entirely new products and features, as well as providing critical infrastructure to ensure existing ones continue to meet a high standard. We’re a fast-paced organization with ambitious goals, a large user base, and the autonomy to build the future of Apple devices. You will have exposure to the latest and greatest software features from their initial concepts on Apple’s iOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS, and macOS platforms and work on integrating our software with features in these operating systems. You will be responsible for driving and delivering programs collaborating with teams nearly across all engineering organizations at Apple in this role with broad cross-functional exposure.

Key Responsibilities

You’ll need a strong background in program and project management complemented by relevant technical skills. You’ll partner with a diverse set of teams across Apple to provide them with groundbreaking solutions that operate at substantial scale and help Apple ship entirely new products and features.

Minimum Qualifications

8+ years experience in software development project management in compute Infrastructure domains. Proficiency and experience end to end project delivery; building roadmaps through to operational sustainability. Proficiency and experience in delivering large scale infrastructure programs, deployments to AWS/Azure/GCP compute platforms. Exceptional organizational, project management, and technical acumen with expertise in execution, prioritization, risk assessment. Experience with technical skills: Networking Protocols, Strong OS Fundamentals, Distributed Systems, Infra at scale, SDLCBA/BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related degree or related professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills. Agile project experience with evidence and able to demonstrate knowledge. SCRUM background and/or played the role of a Scrum Master is plus. Ability to drive engineering discussions for prioritizing features, technical road maps. Excellent verbal and written communication skills to represent at all levels of the organization. Strong facilitation skills (requirements sessions, design meetings, progress and status meetings). Self-motivated and proactive with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities. Ability to manage multiple simultaneous end to end infrastructure, technical projects and stakeholder community comprising of various engineering teams and their partners.