Apple

Engineering Manager- Server, Pro/Go, Cloud

Apple$140K — $180K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 10+ years in software quality assurance or platform validation.
  • 5+ years leading technical QA teams for enterprise-scale systems.
  • Proficient in validating server/client/web architectures and cloud deployments.
  • Strong background in test planning, automation strategies, and release readiness processes.
  • Experience with performance and resiliency testing in complex environments.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the quality strategy and validation architecture for server and data platform technologies.
  • Own the end-to-end quality lifecycle partnering with cross-functional teams.
  • Ensure scalable, resilient, and secure capabilities are delivered on time and meet quality standards.
  • Prepare and present technical quality risks and release status to stakeholders.
  • Drive the technical quality direction enabling reliable data services and world-class customer experiences.
  • Foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement within the QA team.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in a leading environment.
  • Collaborative culture that encourages diverse perspectives and innovation.
  • Access to professional development resources and coaching.
  • Involvement in mission-critical projects that directly impact customer experience.
  • Exposure to leadership opportunities and advancement in a prestigious company like Apple.
Full Job Description
Claris International Inc., an Apple company, is seeking a QA Manager to lead a team of quality engineers responsible for validating and ensuring the reliability of mission-critical server and data platform technologies for client-facing solutions.

In this role, you will combine deep expertise in quality engineering, platform validation, automation strategy, and release readiness with strong execution leadership. You will ensure complex platform initiatives are delivered on time, meet production-grade quality standards, and provide exceptional customer reliability and operational resilience. You will partner closely with engineering, cloud, infrastructure, and product teams to translate technical requirements into scalable validation strategies while fostering a culture of accountability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

Description

As an Engineering (Quality Assurance) Manager, you will lead the quality strategy, validation architecture, and release readiness for mission-critical server and FileMaker platform technologies. You will own the end-to-end quality lifecycle, partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure scalable, resilient, and secure capabilities are delivered. Your leadership will drive technical quality direction, enabling reliable data services and world-class customer experiences across the ecosystem.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

10+ years of experience in software quality assurance, platform validation, or systems testing.

5+ years of experience leading technical quality assurance teams supporting enterprise-scale or client-facing systems.

Experience validating scalable architectures across Server, Client, WebDirect, APIs, and cloud or on-premises deployments.

Experience delivering releases on schedule while maintaining quality standards.

Experience with test planning, automation strategies, regression management, and release readiness processes.

Experience with performance, scalability, failover, backup, recovery, and resiliency testing.

Experience preparing and presenting technical quality risks and release status reports to cross-functional stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

8+ years of leadership experience managing technical quality assurance or platform validation teams.

Experience with the FileMaker platform, including Server, Pro, WebDirect, and Data API.

Knowledge of modern cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, including hybrid deployment models.

Knowledge of security validation, compliance standards, and enterprise operational requirements such as SOC 2, GDPR, or HIPAA.

Experience transitioning teams from traditional QA to AI-driven workflows and validating complex, multi-step AI reasoning systems.

Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with competing priorities and navigate cross-functional stakeholder relationships.

Ability to coach and develop team members while fostering an inclusive environment that encourages diverse perspectives and collaboration.

Design autonomous frameworks using self-healing scripts and AI-First Automation tools to drastically reduce manual maintenance and speed up delivery.

Build specialized evaluation harnesses to measure hallucination rates, and the reliability of output.

Leverage AI-powered tools to rapidly generate comprehensive test suites and edge cases directly from code and user stories.

Establish rigorous testing standards for bias detection, safety, and regulatory compliance to ensure ethical AI deployments across the enterprise.

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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