Apple

Software Engineering Manager, Retail Engineering

Apple$150K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of backend engineering experience
  • 5+ years of people management experience with hands-on technical leadership
  • Advanced proficiency in Java or a similar programming language
  • Strong understanding of application security principles
  • Experience in distributed systems, high-scale, fault-tolerant design
  • Background in retail, commerce, or consumer-facing technology
  • Strong executive communication and influencing skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of backend engineers responsible for critical backend systems
  • Drive technical strategy while engaging in architecture, design, and execution
  • Build distributed systems and services for Apple Retail operations
  • Ensure services are reliable, secure, and scalable for millions of interactions
  • Translate customer and business needs into robust backend systems
  • Bridge engineering decisions with customer journey impact
  • Inspire and develop high-performing teams in a dynamic environment

Benefits

  • Ability to work on impactful systems at a global scale
  • Engagement in shaping long-term technical vision
  • Exposure to cutting-edge technologies in a renowned company
  • Opportunity to lead significant technology transformations
  • Collaborative environment with product teams
Full Job Description
As a Backend Engineering Manager on this team, you will lead a group of backend engineers responsible for systems that must be reliable, secure, and accurate at a global scale. You will bring deep hands-on engineering expertise alongside strong people leadership, driving technical strategy while staying closely engaged in architecture, design, and execution.

You will lead a team of backend engineers building the distributed systems and services that power Apple Retail's store operations and customer-facing experiences. Your team's work sits at the core of how Apple Stores function. The services your team builds must be reliable, secure, and scalable to support millions of customer interactions every day. This is a hands-on technical leadership role that demands deep expertise in building distributed & highly secure systems at scale, paired with the ability to inspire a team and shape a long-term technical vision. You will work in close partnership with product teams to translate customer and business needs into backend systems that are robust, extensible, and built to last. Your ability to bridge the gap between how engineering decisions shape the customer journey will be central to how you lead and influence.

Technical Experience: 10+ years of backend engineering experience Leadership Experience: 5+ years of people management experience, including hands-on technical leadership Primary Language: advanced proficiency with Java or equivalent Security Expertise: Strong understanding of application security principles - secure API design, secrets management, least-privilege access, and threat modeling Systems Expertise: Distributed systems, high-scale, fault-tolerant design

Experience building and operating backend systems in retail, commerce, or consumer-facing technology environments where scale, availability, and customer trust are paramount. Strong executive communication and influencing skills. Experience in leading and developing high-performing teams in a fast-paced, dynamic, and innovative environment. Experience in leading significant technology transformations.

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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