Senior Engineering Project Manager - iCloud / Apple Services Engineering

Apple; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 167,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Comprehensive medical and dental

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Apple is seeking an Engineering Project Manager to oversee builds and releases for cloudOS and Private Cloud Compute (PCC). This hybrid role blends hands-on build engineering with project management, coordinating cross‑functional teams and shipping server software at scale.

You will own the release process, provide clear status updates to partners, and drive improvements to make releases more predictable and less manual.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in engineering or equivalent experience.
• 3–5+ years as a Project or Program Manager.
• Hands-on build or release engineering experience with scripting or automation.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate cross-functional teams and drive the release process.
• Deliver clear status updates and prioritize deliverables.
• Improve release quality, speed, and reliability across environments.
• Triage issues and drive resolution with engineering.

Skills

PM experience

Build/release

Scripting

Cross-functional communication

Education

Engineering degree

Equivalent experience

Tools

Git

Job description

Seattle, Washington, United States Software and Services

At Apple, new ideas become extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences with remarkable speed. The Apple Services Engineering team embodies Apple's commitment to combining art and technology — and this role sits where that technology meets the millions of people who rely on it every day. We're looking for an Engineering Project Manager to help manage builds and releases for Apple's cloudOS and Private Cloud Compute (PCC). This is a hybrid role: you'll combine hands‑on build engineering with project management, working directly in the build and release pipeline as well as coordinating the teams around it. You'll join the team responsible for shipping the OS that powers Apple's products and the privacy‑preserving infrastructure behind PCC. This is a high‑visibility role for someone with strong OS fundamentals, sharp communication skills, and real passion for software deployment and release management — someone who takes ownership of what they ship, thrives in ambiguity, and enjoys designing solutions to hard problems.

Description

You'll coordinate cross‑functional teams, gather requirements, and drive the release process for shipping server software at scale. You'll deliver clear, timely status updates to partner teams on upcoming releases, work with engineering to prioritize deliverables and triage issues, and lead projects that make the release process itself better — more resilient, more predictable, and less dependent on manual intervention. This role suits a project manager with a strong technical bent, or a release engineer who is highly organized and wants to help drive software from code to customer.

Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining cloud software and release infrastructure
• Managing software releases across a variety of environments
• Partnering with engineering and program management teams to identify, elevate, and communicate key issue
• Developing and driving adoption of processes that improve release quality, predictability, and speed
• Driving issues to resolution with engineering teams throughout the release cycle
• Managing risk in the endgame leading up to software launch
• Building automated system status and health reporting that reinforces strong coding and testing practices

Minimum Qualifications

• BS/MS in an engineering field, or equivalent experience
• 3-5+ years of experience as a Project or Program Manager
• Hands‑on build or release engineering experience, including scripting or automation work
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work cross‑functionally across engineering and program management teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Build and Release Engineering / Release Management experience in systems with a high volume of code changes
• Understanding of release engineering, branching, and software configuration management
• Experience in DevOps, SRE, SDET, or TE/QE
• Experience with Git and scripting languages
• Project management experience across the full software development lifecycle
• Unix programming/scripting experience
• Self‑motivated and proactive, with strong creative and critical‑thinking skills
• Track record of defining processes and driving their adoption

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $166,600 and $250,700, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.