Apple

Senior Software Engineering Manager, Energy Services

Apple$162K — $195K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven track record of building and leading high-performing engineering teams.
  • 10+ years of software engineering experience with substantial people management.
  • Expertise in designing and managing scalable distributed systems.
  • Ability to engage in deep architecture discussions with senior engineers.
  • Experience in hiring, performance management, and nurturing team culture.
  • Background in security and compliance practices for platform services.
  • Skilled in influencing cross-functional teams for alignment.

Responsibilities

  • Own the strategy and roadmap for server platform engineering teams.
  • Directly lead a team of 11 engineers, focusing on technical excellence.
  • Drive hiring and professional development within the team.
  • Cultivate proficiency in AI tooling to enhance project delivery.
  • Ensure alignment with corporate sustainability goals through engineering initiatives.
  • Promote a culture of accountability within the team.
  • Design foundational services and infrastructure for broad adoption.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and team growth.
  • Engagement in innovative projects aligned with sustainability goals.
  • Inclusive corporate culture promoting diversity.
  • Access to generative AI and advanced technological tools.
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams across engineering and operations.
Full Job Description
Description

In this role, you will own the strategy, roadmap, and architectural direction for a server platform engineering team of 11 engineers, delivering highly scalable, mission-critical distributed systems in support of Apple's sustainability goals. You will directly lead this team, staying technically credible in the underlying code and architecture while driving hiring, growth, and a culture of technical excellence and accountability. You will be cultivating your team's fluency with agentic and generative AI tooling - driving adoption to accelerate delivery velocity and sustain a competitive edge.

Minimum Qualifications

Proven track record of building, leading, and growing high-performing software engineering teams in control of their production environment

10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in direct people management responsibility, with experience leading a team of comparable size (10+ engineers) and accountability for team-wide technical and people outcomes

Deep expertise in designing and operating mission-critical, highly scalable distributed systems at production scale

Demonstrated ability to remain technically credible across your team's systems - engaging in architecture reviews and technical decisions at a level of depth that earns the trust of senior engineers, without requiring hands-on code review

Experience with hiring pipelines, performance management, career development frameworks, and building inclusive team culture

Strong background in security, compliance, and governance practices relevant to enterprise-scale platform services

Track record of influencing cross-functional partners and driving alignment across engineering, product, and operations organizations

Proficiency with platform-oriented engineering - designing services and infrastructure that other teams adopt as foundational building blocks

BS Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience

Preferred Qualifications

Hands-on experience with agentic AI frameworks, generative AI tooling, or LLM-integrated developer workflows in a production or near-production context

Familiarity with energy, sustainability, or carbon accounting domains - including clean energy procurement, emissions tracking, or supply chain transparency systems

Skilled in driving organizational AI fluency - rolling out AI-assisted development practices, evaluating tooling, and sustaining adoption over time

Experience operating infrastructure in regulated environments with strict data privacy and compliance requirements

Background in building internal developer platforms or shared services adopted broadly across a large engineering organization

Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous, high-stakes business goals into concrete technical strategy and executable roadmaps

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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Learn more about Apple
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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