Apple

Senior Software Engineering Manager, Agentic Infrastructure

Apple$150K — $200K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in engineering management with a successful project delivery track record
  • Strong technical foundation in software engineering, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure
  • Proven experience in building and scaling developer tools or AI systems from concept to production
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage all organizational levels
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and adapt to changing priorities
  • Bachelor's, Master's, or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
  • Familiarity with generative AI and privacy principles in cloud services

Responsibilities

  • Lead and grow an engineering organization focused on agentic systems
  • Design core architecture and integrate cloud services
  • Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to define technical strategy
  • Shape organizational culture and drive engineering excellence
  • Scale prototypes into production systems essential for the organization
  • Influence adoption of AI-assisted workflows across Apple's ecosystem
  • Guide technical architecture decisions in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

  • Health, dental and vision insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Paid time off and flexible work arrangements
  • Employee assistance programs
  • Continuous professional development opportunities
Full Job Description
In this role, you will lead and grow a highly talented engineering organization responsible for designing and building agentic systems and the developer experiences around them. The work encompasses design of the core agentic architecture, the integration of various cloud services, and developer tooling. You will partner closely with cross-functional leaders across software experiences, ML research, hardware, system software, security, privacy, and SRE to define technical strategy and deliver production-grade systems running in the cloud.

As a senior leader, you will not only guide complex technical architecture decisions but also shape the organizational culture, drive engineering excellence, and influence how AI-assisted workflows are adopted across the broader Apple ecosystem. You will be responsible for scaling successful prototypes into foundational production systems that the broader organization depends on. This position requires a self-motivated individual with strong technical depth, exceptional people management skills, and the ability to navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced, startup-like environment.

Minimum Qualifications

10+ years of engineering management experience, with a proven track record of delivering complex, large-scale engineering projects across multiple teams or organizations.

Solid technical foundation in software engineering, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure, with an ability to engage deeply with system design trade-offs.

Demonstrated experience building and scaling developer tools, ML infrastructure, or AI systems from concept to production.

Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with high emotional intelligence and the ability to influence across all levels, from executive partners to individual contributors.

Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and handle rapidly shifting priorities without losing trust or execution discipline.

Bachelor's, Master's, or equivalent professional experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

Strong working proficiency and conceptual understanding of generative AI, foundation models, and agentic workflows, with hands-on experience bringing AI systems to production at scale.

Experience leading organizations through periods of significant growth or technical transformation, including building and evolving team structures to match scaling demands.

Strong analytical and data-driven mindset, with a genuine interest in software evaluation and using metrics to drive product and architectural decisions.

Experience with Private Cloud Compute, on-device/cloud ML inference pipelines, or Apple silicon-adjacent infrastructure.

Familiarity with secure-by-design and privacy-by-design principles as applied to cloud-based AI services.

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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Size
154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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