Software Engineering Manager - Siri Evaluation, Test Development Tooling

Socket.dev; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev in Cupertino, CA seeks a technically strong player-coach to provide direction for the team. You will lead a group of high-performing engineers, set architectural direction, and drive development from requirements to delivery.

Collaborate with partner teams, mentor engineers to reach their best potential, and help shape how AI/LLM principles are applied in production engineering workflows.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production software development experience (Swift, Python, Java, or Go).
• 3+ years of engineering management experience.
• Strong technical leadership and ability to set architectural direction.
• Experience with test infrastructure, CI/CD, or evaluation/ML platforms.
• Proactive and self-motivated, with demonstrated creative and critical-thinking abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of high-performing engineers and set technical direction.
• Drive development from requirements to delivery.
• Collaborate with partner teams across Apple.
• Mentor engineers to reach their best potential.

Skills

Production software experience

Engineering leadership

CI/CD experience

Mentorship

Critical thinking

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

DESCRIPTION

The ideal candidate is technically strong player-coach that will provide
technical direction for the team. Responsibilities include leading a team of
high-performing engineers, setting technical direction, driving development from
requirements to delivery, collaborating with partner teams across Apple, and
mentoring engineers to reach their best potential.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of experience developing production software (e.g., Swift, Python, Java, or Go).


• 3+ years of engineering management experience.


• Strong technical leadership and the ability to set architectural direction and inspire a team.


• Experience with test infrastructure, CI/CD, or evaluation/ML platforms.


• Proactive and self-motivated, with demonstrated creative and critical-thinking abilities.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience building or leading teams that apply LLMs / AI agents to real engineering workflows (e.g., automated test generation, code generation, or agentic pipelines with human-in-the-loop review).


• Depth in one or more of: distributed systems and backend services (REST/gRPC), cloud infrastructure (Docker/Kubernetes), data platforms, or large-scale test and release infrastructure.


• Familiarity with Apple\'s testing frameworks (XCTest and related) and with ML/LLM evaluation concepts.


• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership and the ability to drive coverage and quality decisions with senior stakeholders.


• Experience hiring and growing a team, including senior engineers.


• Excellent spoken and written communication skills.


• Comfort operating in ambiguity and reshaping team scope as the domain matures.