Build Health Engineering Manager

Apple • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

This team builds technologies and tools to help software engineers at Apple to
do the best work of their lives, and you’ll support that mission by combining
modern distributed systems and build system technology to significantly improve
software development velocity and reliability. We develop and operate
large-scale functional build system services used by all of the Software
Engineering organization at Apple. We are looking for an experienced engineering
manager to lead our Build Health team. You'll be responsible for ensuring that
software releases are delivered on time daily by managing cross-functional
initiatives, prioritizing investment areas, and contributing to and driving
technical solutions. If you enjoy working on build systems, distributed systems,
and leading teams to solve complex technical challenges, then we have many
exciting problems to work on! You would join a tight-knit group of engineers and
managers who build exciting new technology. We are applying unique and
innovative ideas to old problems and welcome new contributors who are excited by
the opportunity to significantly impact the shape and direction of our product.
We believe that every manager brings unique skills and perspective. Far more
than any specific experience or skill, we are looking for managers who want to
build great teams, develop their people, and ultimately enable others to develop
amazing software.

You'll work on improvements to the distributed build system performance and
reliability through leading engineers on your team and partnering with
cross-functional teams to identify patterns of impactful issues and/or
bottlenecks and then implement systematic solutions. You'll need to achieve both
high performance and improved reliability by reviewing problem requirements and
existing solutions/systems and make high-level strategic decisions about where
to invest engineering resources, considering both short- and long-term goals.
Once investment areas are identified, you'll work alongside your team and
partner teams to prioritize solutions while developing appropriate success
metrics and operational mechanisms.

Requirements

• MS in Computer Science or equivalent 7+ years of industry experience with 3+ years in engineering management or technical leadership roles
• Curiosity to understand constraints and bottlenecks in Apple's software builds and innovative ideas to improve them
• Proven track record of driving cross-functional initiatives and delivering results on schedule
• Experience with debugging and triaging issues in complex, unfamiliar systems
• Strong technical background with development experience in Swift, Objective-C, C, or similar languages
• Experience with build systems, distributed systems, and software development lifecycle management
• Excellent collaborative and communication skills, with proven ability to work across teams
• Familiarity with application and service monitoring tools and techniques
• Positive and respectful attitude in a diverse environment

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing teams working on build systems, CI/CD, or developer productivity tools
• Background in traditional and/or distributed build systems such as Make, CMake, Bazel, Buck, etc.
• Experience with high-performance system software and scalable distributed systems
• Experience with performance critical components and reliability engineering

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level