Senior Engineering Manager - Agentic AI Reasoning

Apple Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 268,000 - 402,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Santa Clara, California, seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Agentic AI and Intelligent Reasoning teams.

You will guide the vision and execution across AI agents, planning engines, memory architectures, and orchestration platforms that empower Siri, Apple Intelligence, Spotlight, and Safari with trusted, personalized experiences. You will mentor engineers and researchers, drive multi-year roadmaps, and partner with product and foundation model teams to deliver scalable

Qualifications

• MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience leading engineering organizations delivering large-scale AI, machine learning, or distributed systems in production.
• Proven track record of delivering complex AI platforms from research through production at large scale.
• Strong experience in large language models, conversational AI, intelligent agents, reasoning systems, or advanced machine learning platforms.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional organizations and defining long-term technical strategy while executing complex engineering programs.

Responsibilities

• Define the vision, technical strategy, and execution roadmap for Agentic AI and Intelligent Reasoning across Apple's ecosystem.
• Lead end-to-end engineering and applied research to build AI agents capable of understanding complex user goals and multi-hop reasoning.
• Develop state-of-the-art agentic architectures that orchestrate LLMs, retrieval, memory, planning, and tools for context-aware experiences.
• Drive innovations in planning, retrieval orchestration, long-context reasoning, memory management, and adaptive execution to improve relevance and user satisfaction.
• Partner with foundation model, retrieval, knowledge, ranking, and product teams to build scalable AI systems with privacy guarantees.

Skills

Lead engineering teams

Large-scale AI platforms

Cross-functional leadership

Strategy & execution planning

Research to production delivery

Education

MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related

Job description

Apple Inc. in Santa Clara, California, seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Agentic AI and Intelligent Reasoning teams.

You will guide the vision and execution across AI agents, planning engines, memory architectures, and orchestration platforms that empower Siri, Apple Intelligence, Spotlight, and Safari with trusted, personalized experiences. You will mentor engineers and researchers, drive multi-year roadmaps, and partner with product and foundation model teams to deliver scalable