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Software Development Manager, Device Services

Apple· Software and Services
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Hybrid (San Diego, Santa Clara Valley, Munich)$206.2k - $356.4kPosted 2mo ago

About the role

Lead a nine-person, multi-site team (San Diego, Santa Clara Valley, Munich) focused on software development, systems engineering, and production services for Apple’s device-testing infrastructure. Responsible for people, delivery, and operational health, driving cross-team infrastructure programs, and ensuring predictable execution under heavy on-call load.

Responsibilities

  • Leads and develops a nine-person team of software, systems, and production-services engineers, supporting their performance and career growth.
  • Establishes predictable delivery through planning, prioritization, and on-call and incident discipline.
  • Owns the operational health of the shared device-testing infrastructure that Apple engineers depend on.
  • Drives cross-team infrastructure programs to completion, managing scope, dependencies, and coordination with partner teams.
  • Builds a collaborative team culture that reduces siloed work and single points of failure.
  • Guides technical and architectural trade-offs and coaches senior engineers.
  • Represents the team to partners and leadership and advocates for their needs.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience managing software or systems engineering teams, with a track record of developing engineers and growing their scope and careers.
  • Strong technical foundation in distributed systems and infrastructure at scale - reliability and fault tolerance, automation, and the operational practices (CI/CD, monitoring and observability, incident response) that keep large fleets and services healthy.
  • Able to engage at a low level on system design, architecture, and operational trade-offs - contributing to and challenging technical decisions (APIs, reliability, testing strategy, security) while keeping a strategic view.
  • Proven ability to bring predictable execution to a team with heavy operational/on-call load - instituting planning, prioritization, incident and runbook discipline, and turning reactive work into committed, scheduled work.
  • Experience applying AI and LLM-based tools to improve engineering and operational workflows, and helping a team adopt them.
  • Experience leading a portfolio of concurrent programs with real cross-team dependencies - holding scope, sequencing dependencies, and surfacing hard architectural, technical, and risk questions early.
  • Excellent communication and a collaborative leadership style that builds shared ownership and knowledge-sharing across a team.
  • BS/MS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Skills

Required:People managementTechnical leadershipProgram and portfolio managementDistributed systemsCommunication and collaborationSystems and software development
Nice to have:AI/LLM tools in engineeringFull-stack ownership

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition.
  • Discretionary bonuses or commission payments, relocation assistance, and eligibility for Apple stock programs (RSUs, Employee Stock Purchase Plan).
Last updated Aug 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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