Software Engineering Manager (M1/Tech Lead) - Apple Security Identity
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 31, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 9, 2026. Apple scores A on the Alion truth index.
People at Apple don’t just build products, they craft the kind of experiences that have revolutionized entire industries. The diverse collection of our people and their ideas inspire innovation in everything we do.
The Apple Security Identity team builds and provides identities to infrastructure and services that fuel Apple’s services (such as iCloud, iTunes, Siri, and Maps). We are looking to hire a Software Engineering Manager with a proven track record of strong technical while leading a team software engineers. You will be responsible for providing day-to-day directions and managing activities of these engineers to deliver against the Apple Security Identity goals.
Your effort will help build solutions to a variety of outstanding security challenges. You’ll play a meaningful role in ensuring the highest standard of security for one of the most-watched companies in the world. Join us, and leave the world better than we found it.
Description
Apple Services Engineering Security org is looking for a Engineering Manager to lead a team of software engineers in the Identity space. You will play a pivotal role in designing and leading a multi-year Identity strategy that will be the future for Identities for services at Apple.
You and your team will design, build, and operate micro-services and capabilities that handle millions of API requests daily to vend identities for infrastructure and applications. You'll work with your teams to establish a long running execution plan for the org, taking ownership of important department-level and company-level OKRs, and regularly communicate status, roadmap and risks to critical partners, including top level leadership.
Minimum Qualifications
1+ years of experience leading people or teams, mentor, or project lead, with a strong interest in management as a career
7+ years of software development or production operations experience in a large-scale environment
Experience writing production code in Golang or Swift
Experience building and operating highly available, distributed, and fault-tolerant systems
Solid understanding of operating systems concepts including multi-threading, memory management, networking and storage, performance and scale
Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerization
Working knowledge of securing APIs, including input validation, authentication, and authorization mechanisms for RESTful and gRPC APIs
Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate across teams
BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Preferred Qualifications
Prior experience managing engineers, including hiring and performance feedback
Knowledge of policy-based authorization mechanisms and engines, including Open Policy Agent/Rego or Zanzibar
Knowledge of authentication mechanisms, including OAuth, JWT, and other identity management protocols
Familiarity with incident response processes and the ability to respond to security incidents effectively
Knowledge of cryptographic algorithms and protocols for securing data, including TLS/SSL, digital signatures, hashing, and encryption
Hands-on experience with systems-level work, including configuring and troubleshooting system initialization processes