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Engineering Manager, Creative Apps

Apple· Software and Services
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Hybrid (Cupertino, California), Hybrid (Vancouver, Washington)Full-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Engineering manager for Creativity Apps, leading a team building intelligent features for Apple's creative application suite (e.g., Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, iMovie, Pixelmator, GarageBand) and collaborating with product, design, and cross-functional teams to deliver polished, innovative features on UIKit, AppKit, and Apple frameworks.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of engineers focused on building full stack creative application features across a variety of verticals
  • Drive planning, prioritization, and execution across multiple concurrent workstreams, keeping your team focused and unblocked
  • Partner with product management and design to translate creative vision into technically sound, scalable engineering plans
  • Represent your team's technical decisions in cross-functional reviews and contribute to broader engineering direction within Creator Studio
  • Identify and resolve technical risks early, escalating when needed and maintaining a clear view of quality and delivery timelines
  • Champion engineering best practices including code quality, testability, and platform fit across your team's codebase

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of engineering management experience with direct responsibility for a team of individual contributor engineers
  • Deep expertise in iOS and/or macOS application development using UIKit and/or AppKit
  • Proven experience delivering complex, consumer-facing Mac and iOS apps from concept through App Store release
  • Strong background in software architecture, app frameworks, and UI systems at production scale
  • Track record of building cohesive, high-performing engineering teams in a fast-paced product environment
  • Demonstrated ability to drive technical decisions across multiple workstreams with appropriate autonomy
  • Proficiency in Swift and/or Objective-C, with a clear sense of what high-quality Apple platform code looks like
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • Hands-on experience with creative application development, document-based apps, or rich editing experiences on Apple platforms
  • Familiarity with on-device machine learning integration or intelligent creative tooling within consumer apps
  • Skilled in navigating cross-functional organizations and aligning designers, product managers, and partner engineering teams around a shared technical direction
  • Experience contributing to or consuming first-party Apple frameworks, or meaningful knowledge of Apple platform internals
  • Prior experience managing engineers through significant platform transitions, such as SwiftUI adoption or framework migrations

Skills

Required:Engineering managementiOS/macOS developmentSwift and/or Objective-C

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • range of discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments (potential)
  • relocation (potential)
  • Apple stock programs including discretionary RSUs and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Last updated Oct 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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