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Software Development Engineering Manager

Apple· Software and Services
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Singaporefull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Engineering Manager leading a team of engineers responsible for distributed systems powering Apple Store Online, with emphasis on reliability, security, and scale. Hands-on technical leadership combined with people leadership to shape technical vision and collaborate with product teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design and implementation of secure, high-scale distributed systems that power Apple Store Online, with an emphasis on reliability, correctness, and performance
  • Partner deeply with product managers and designers to shape roadmaps, surface technical constraints early, and co-own outcomes — ensuring engineering and product move as one team
  • Stay hands-on with system architecture, code reviews, and technical problem-solving, serving as a credible, trusted technical voice for your team and partners. Comfortable splitting time between hands-on coding and team leadership responsibilities. Ability to jump into debugging sessions and help unblock team members
  • Drive engineering excellence through strong practices in API design, service observability, automated testing, CI/CD, and secure-by-design development
  • Manage scope, risk, and delivery across multiple concurrent projects with clear communication to stakeholders at all levels
  • Hire, develop, and retain a high-performing team of engineers with a focus on technical growth and code quality; invest meaningfully in each person's growth through regular 1:1s, coaching, and clear career development
  • Communicate technical strategy, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to both engineering peers and non-technical stakeholders, building confidence and alignment at every level

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of backend engineering experience
  • Proven track record of delivering complex, scalable systems in production environments
  • Advance proficiency in Java language or equivalent with strong object-oriented design skills with experience building maintainable, extensible systems
  • Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture. Strong testing practices including unit and integration testing
  • Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or relevant industry experience or equivalent is required
  • 3+ years of people management experience, including hands-on technical leadership
  • Prior engineering management experience is a plus, but not required for exceptional technical leaders
  • Experience building and operating systems in retail, commerce, or consumer-facing technology environments where scale, availability, and customer trust are paramount
  • Experience navigating complex, cross-functional environments and managing expectations across multiple stakeholders and partner teams
  • Experience with distributed systems, high-availability architectures, and fault-tolerant design patterns
  • Understanding of database technologies (SQL and NoSQL) and data modeling
  • Knowledge of observability tools and practices (logging, metrics, tracing)
  • Experience with containerization, orchestration, and cloud-native architectures
  • Strong understanding of application security principles — secure API design, secrets management, least-privilege access, and threat modeling
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts, trade-offs, and impact to diverse audiences, including senior leadership

Skills

Required:Backend engineeringJavaDistributed systems / microservicesSecurity by designPeople management

Benefits

  • Not specified in the provided text
Last updated Aug 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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