← All roles

Engineer Manager - Traffic (ASE)

Apple· Software and Services
Apply on company site
ShanghaiFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Software Engineering Manager leading the ASE Traffic team in Shanghai, responsible for designing, delivering, and operating traffic primitives (traffic mesh, ingress/egress/border proxies) to power Apple Services at scale with a focus on performance, reliability, and collaboration across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

  • Execute on our vision for the Apple Load Balancer, Apple Transit Gateway, and Apple Traffic Mesh
  • Drive architectural decisions and development best practices to optimize performance
  • Own distinct pieces of the architecture while partnering with the ASE Traffic team across the globe
  • Collaborate closely with program management, product management, and SRE partners
  • Align with partner teams in Network, Compute, and Security
  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, accountability, and technical excellence
  • Develop and evolve the team's processes, values, and culture, with a focus on camaraderie, efficiency and simplicity

Qualifications

  • Bachelors degrees in Computer Science or related field
  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering
  • 2+ years of leadership experience in software engineering
  • A deep understanding of traffic management at scale at Layer 4 and/or 7 of the network OSI model
  • Strong communication skills with multiple cross-functional engineering and non-engineering partners
  • Experience with operating highly scalable distributed services
  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering in highly scalable distributed services
  • 4+ years of management experience in software engineering. A track record of building and managing engineer teams
  • Professional expertise in Traffic/Edge Engineering or Cloud Networking
  • Strong hands on experience with open source traffic software (e.g., Envoy, Istio, NGINX)
  • Experience operating workloads across multiple cloud-native environments
  • Experience operating with a hybrid multi-cloud environment
  • Experience with modern containerization platforms such as the Kubernetes ecosystem
  • Exposure to end-to-end routing of traffic in a complex ecosystem - from CDNs to application instances via multiple hops
  • Full product lifecycle ownership mindset (design → implementation → production)

Skills

Required:Traffic management at scale (Layer 4 and/or 7)Open source traffic software

Benefits

  • Equity or compensation details not explicitly provided in the description
Last updated Aug 28, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Apple

Discover the innovative world of Apple and shop everything iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, and Apple TV, plus explore accessories, entertainment, and expert device support.

Discover the innovative world of Apple and shop everything iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, and Apple TV, plus explore accessories, entertainment, and expert device support.

AirPods Max 2Apple ArcadeApple CardApple Fitness+Apple MusicApple TVApple TV+Apple Watch Series 11
Company profileWebsite

More open roles at Apple