Manager, Systems Engineering- Apple Services Engineering

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Apple

India, Telangana, Hyderabad Full-Time On-site

Posted 6 hours ago • Apply by May 3, 2026

Job Description

Summary

People at Apple don’t just build products — they craft the kind of experience that have revolutionized entire industries. The diverse collection of our people and their ideas inspire innovation in everything we do. Imagine what you could do here! Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it.

The Apple Services Engineering(ASE) team builds and provides systems and infrastructure that power Apple’s services (such as iCloud, AMP, and Maps). We are the foundation on which Apple’s software developers build the products that our customers love. Our services have to scale globally, stay highly available, and 'just work.”

If you love designing, engineering and running systems and infrastructure that will help millions of customers, then this is the place for you!

Description

Apple Service Engineering (ASE) Systems Engineering team is seeking a highly motivated individual with strong technical and communication skills to join us in designing, building tools, and supporting large-scale infrastructure systems that can scale to meet the demands of Apple’s Services oﬀerings. You will collaborate with world-class engineers to design, implement, and support operating system technologies that support large-scale Linux systems. We address complex problems using both open-source and in-house tooling to support security and business initiatives. You will contribute to our team’s initiative to promote automation and self service tools for service democratization and enforcing responsibilities with respective app teams.

As a Systems Engineering manager, you will lead a team responsible for providing the platform for mission-critical cloud systems that maintain constant uptime, scale seamlessly, and enable the flourishing of new applications and services.

Does this sound like you? Join us!

Minimum Qualifications

10+ years of overall industry experience building & leading high-performing engineering teams with a focus on cloud computing
5+ years of experience managing enterprise services in a large-scale *nix environment
Experience operating large-scale multi-tenant infrastructure as a managed service
Understanding of cloud computing architectures, systems design and performance optimization
Extensive Linux experience, especially with Oracle Linux, CentOS etc, in addition to a good understanding of Linux systems administration
Experience with revision control systems like GitHub, CI/CD unit testing, and configuration management systems
Automation and configuration management skills using Puppet, Ansible, with a passion for automating things rather than doing them twice
Hands on experience in Python, and/or Go with large installment systems
Skilled at working cross-functionally to achieve project success
Desire to build, grow and mentor a team
Strong philosophy of continuous improvement
Strong sense of ownership wanting to understand how things work and resolve
root causes
Ability to encourage and foster a culture of visibility and transparency across
teams
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Technical (Engineering or Computer Science) BS/MS degree or equivalent work
experience

Preferred Qualifications

Automation advocate - you truly believe in removing operational load via software
Self-motivated, inquisitive, and always looking to learn more
Experience with Puppet or Chef
Information Security and Regulatory Compliance knowledge
Ability to lead Engineering teams in multiple geographic locations, with direct
customer impact for business-critical functionality.