Engineering Manager, Systems Software

The cloudOS system software team is looking for an upbeat manager to join our team! In this role, you will have the opportunity to help drive the technology and product development for Apple's server hardware and private cloud compute services.

Description

This job involves leading activities for our team as well as larger cross-functional efforts. As a manager, you will play a significant part in the development of Apple’s server products by engaging in a very collaborative, rapidly changing environment to integrate new technologies into our designs. You will contribute at every stage of the Apple product development cycle, from concept to production, driving both individual product features and overall system validation activities.

You will work with world-class teams in Cupertino, Seattle, and London who have a real passion for engineering and delivering features that maintain strong privacy and security guarantees to end users. Our team and our partners run the gamut from low-level operating systems through OS services like daemons and frameworks, through data center services, network protocols, and APIs. You will lead a focused team on this spectrum that must be able to deliver high-quality work on tight timelines with close cross-functional collaboration across disciplines.

You should be deeply motivated, driven, and should feel a personal stake in the products and services we are responsible for. You should have the ability to juggle multiple priorities and handle uncertainty. You must have excellent communication skills and the ability to build positive relationships with the engineers on our team as well as partner teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of proven excellence in system software development, or equivalent experience
• 3+ years leading a development team
• Expertise and proficiency in C, C++, Objective-C, or Swift
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• BS or M.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Experience with designs that are secure and private first
• Self-directed: the ability to drive a project from a simple idea to production

Preferred Qualifications

• Passion for product ownership and track record of product development
• Able to coordinate the efforts of multiple teams
• Experience building operating systems, kernels, drivers, daemons, frameworks
• Experience with designing, implementing and operating large scale distributed systems and networking protocols
• Knowledge: Networking Protocols, Security, Privacy, Cryptography (TLS, cryptographic chain of trust, data encryption at rest, Key Transparency, end-to-end encryption)

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