Senior Engineering Manager, Platform Engineering iCloud

At Apple iCloud and Apple Services Engineering (ASE) build and operate the platforms that power critical customer experiences across a globally distributed ecosystem. We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead teams responsible for the systems that enable our cloud infrastructure to operate at scale with exceptional reliability security and is a technically grounded leadership role for someone who thrives operating at scale can drive clarity in complex environments and is energized by building systems and teams that create durable leverage across a global cloud platform. nnYou will lead multiple teams spanning a wide surface area by guiding architectural direction scaling operational practices and developing the next generation of engineering leaders within iCloud.

iCloud serves billions of customers globally and the Platform Engineering organization is foundational to how that scale is achieved and maintained. The orchestration layer your teams will own is central to how iCloud provisions manages and secures infrastructure by coordinating deployment of platform applications enforcing policies and enabling internal engineering teams to build and operate products without managing underlying infrastructure teams work creates compounding leverage across iCloud: every improvement to the platform makes every team building on top of it faster safer and more your first year you will be expected to stabilize and grow a high-performing team establish a clear technical roadmap and measurably improve platform reliability and developer experience for your internal customers.

Lead multiple engineering teams building and operating large-scale distributed systems that support multi-tenant globally distributed infrastructurenSet technical direction in partnership with senior engineers guiding architectural decisions and complex system trade-offsnTranslate organizational priorities into clear roadmaps execution plans and measurable outcomesnBuild platforms that enable self-service infrastructure provisioning and reduce the operational burden on product engineering teamsnEstablish and scale operational rigor through best practices in observability testing deployment and incident managementnRecruit grow and retain talented engineers and managers building a strong and inclusive leadership benchnDrive efficiency and cost optimization through automation policy as code and resource governancenCommunicate clearly with senior leadership on team health technical risk and strategic trade-offs translating complex technical realities into actionable decisionsnPartner with infrastructure security SRE and product teams to deliver cohesive well-integrated platform capabilities

Extensive experience in software engineering with a demonstrated track record of leading engineering teams including managing both individual contributors and managersnExperience leading teams that build and operate large-scale distributed systems or cloud infrastructurenStrong understanding of control plane architectures service-oriented design and API-driven systemsnTrack record of shipping highly reliable production systems in high-availability environmentsnExperience leading incident management on-call operations and reliability engineering practicesnAbility to operate across multiple teams or domains driving alignment and execution in complex matrixed environmentsnStrong technical depth with the ability to engage meaningfully in architecture and design discussions with senior engineers

Experience with container orchestration systems such as KubernetesnFamiliarity with identity authentication and authorization systems at scalenExperience building internal developer platforms that improve productivity and abstract infrastructure complexitynKnowledge of infrastructure automation policy as code and cost optimization practicesnExperience designing and maturing observability practices including SLO/SLI frameworks distributed tracing and on-call culturenDemonstrated ability to build psychologically safe high-trust team cultures that attract and retain strong talentnExperience operating in large complex organizations with high standards for quality and reliability