Engineering Manager, Shield

Sunnyvale, California, United States Software and Services

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The Emerging Technologies team specializes in building forward-looking, extremely scalable platforms. The team is passionate about solving challenging problems, exploring new domains, and engineering transformational solutions. The diversity of our team and thinking inspires innovation that runs through everything we do.

The Emerging Technologies team is seeking a manager to lead the engineering team responsible for the control plane powering proxy orchestration and security controls. The candidate will work with a team of talented engineers to design and implement proxy capabilities, orchestration, and security controls across protocols such as TCP, UDP, and  this role, you will lead the team responsible for the control plane that powers Layer 4/Layer 7 proxies and their associated security controls.

This Java-based platform is a critical infrastructure that enables secure configuration, management, and orchestration of Apple's proxy ecosystem. The platform facilitates advanced network security capabilities, including Web Application Firewall (WAF) protection against OWASP threats, DDoS mitigation, Bot Prevention, and real-time threat intelligence dissemination to safeguard Apple's services.

You will oversee the development and evolution of this platform across a polyglot infrastructure spanning on-premises data centers and public cloud environments, including GCP and AWS, ensuring reliable, scalable, and secure orchestration for mission-critical services across Apple.

• Lead and manage a team of talented engineers on the team, providing mentorship, guidance, and support to ensure their success.
• Drive the technical vision and roadmap for the admin plane platform, ensuring alignment with broader organizational security and infrastructure goals.
• Collaborate with your team members through design discussions, code and design reviews, and advocate for software development best practices across the Java J2EE stack.
• Partner with cross-functional teams, including security, infrastructure, and product management, to deliver integrated solutions that meet business requirements.
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment, promoting innovation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement within the team.
• Support engineers in their career development by providing clear feedback
• Coordinate execution and collaborate across teams for cross-functional projects
• Work with program management for the timely delivery and deployment of the feature set
• Versatile and enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack
• Ensure operational excellence through monitoring, incident response, and continuous platform improvements.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with ~5 years managing and leading engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of proxy architectures, HTTP/HTTPS protocols, and security principles. Sound knowledge of TCP/IP, TLS & WAF
• Experience building and managing mission-critical platforms, configuration management systems, or control plane architectures
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization frameworks, security best practices, and secure software development lifecycle.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate crisply to different audiences, from engineering to the executive team
• Proven track record of delivering complex, scalable systems in production environments.

• Programming experience in multiple languages, including Java/J2EE, Python, Go, and scripting languages for automation. Experience in C, C++, and LUA to customize proxy engines like NGINX and Envoy
• Experience with public cloud platforms: GCP, AWS. Knowledge of micro-services and containerization technologies (e.g, Kubernetes, Docker). Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with distributed systems, high-availability architectures, and fault-tolerant design patterns. Understanding of database technologies (both SQL and No
  
  SQL) and data modeling. Knowledge of observability tools and practices (logging, metrics, tracing).
• Proven ability to manage projects with on-time delivery and working experience in Agile development methodology. Innovative, thinks out of the box, and has a strong drive for excellence.
• M.S or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $228,100 and $342,800, and your base pay…