Software Engineering Manager - Siri Evaluation, Test Development Tooling

DESCRIPTION

The ideal candidate is technically strong player-coach that will provide
technical direction for the team. Responsibilities include leading a team of
high-performing engineers, setting technical direction, driving development from
requirements to delivery, collaborating with partner teams across Apple, and
mentoring engineers to reach their best potential.

• 5+ years of experience developing production software (e.g., Swift, Python, Java, or Go).
• 3+ years of engineering management experience.
• Strong technical leadership and the ability to set architectural direction and inspire a team.
• Experience with test infrastructure, CI/CD, or evaluation/ML platforms.
• Proactive and self-motivated, with demonstrated creative and critical-thinking abilities.

• Experience building or leading teams that apply LLMs / AI agents to real engineering workflows (e.g., automated test generation, code generation, or agentic pipelines with human-in-the-loop review).
• Depth in one or more of: distributed systems and backend services (REST/gRPC), cloud infrastructure (Docker/Kubernetes), data platforms, or large-scale test and release infrastructure.
• Familiarity with Apple s testing frameworks (XCTest and related) and with ML/LLM evaluation concepts.
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership and the ability to drive coverage and quality decisions with senior stakeholders.
• Experience hiring and growing a team, including senior engineers.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and reshaping team scope as the domain matures.