Engineering Manager, Continuous Integration Platform

Submit Resume
Back to search results
Apple’s Continuous Integration (CI) Platform team is dedicated to equipping our internal engineering community with robust, scalable, and innovative CI/CD solutions. As the CI Platform Manager, you will lead a team of skilled engineers to design, build, and maintain Apple’s next-generation CI infrastructure. Collaborating across teams, you’ll shape the platform’s vision, drive innovation, and ensure the secure, reliable delivery of software at scale.
As the Manager of Apple’s CI Platform team, you’ll steer the evolution of our internal CI infrastructure. You’ll oversee the design and implementation of key features like our Domain-Specific Language, CD Events emission, graph oriented UI, ephemeral system testing, and ARM64 build support. You’ll enable new efficiencies for countless internal Apple engineers by seamlessly integrating quality, security and compliance measures into their software delivery workflows. In this role, you will: - Recruit, mentor, and lead a high-performing team of platform engineers, fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and excellence driven culture. - Promote modern CI/CD best practices, leveraging Tekton and Kubernetes to deliver a unified platform for software teams. - Drive adoption of event-driven CI/CD workflows using technologies like CDEvents, ensuring seamless integration and scalability. - Manage platform enhancements, including capacity planning, performance optimization, and cost efficiency in a dynamic cloud environment. - Partner with stakeholders to define and prioritize roadmap features, balancing immediate needs with long-term strategic goals. - Foster a DevOps culture across the organization, emphasizing reliability, repeatability, and security throughout the software lifecycle. - Improve developer productivity using AI/ML to improve all aspects of the SDLC, coding, testing, CI/CD workflow generation, compliance, observability, documentation.
  • Technical Leadership: Demonstrated success leading and growing engineering teams in CI/CD, DevOps, or software infrastructure domains.
  • Cloud Computing: Strong expertise in cloud-native architectures and hands-on experience with major cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Kubernetes: In-depth knowledge of container orchestration, with proven experience managing large-scale Kubernetes clusters in production.
  • Tekton Pipelines: Familiarity with Tekton or similar CI/CD pipeline tools, including design, configuration, and troubleshooting expertise.
  • CD Events: Experience with event-driven continuous delivery (e.g., CDEvents, CloudEvents) and scaling event-based workflows.
  • Platform Development: Background in creating and managing internal platforms, tools, or frameworks that boost development speed and quality.
  • Automation & Reliability: Proven ability to implement automation that reduces manual effort, enhances security, and improves system reliability.
  • Collaboration: Exceptional communication and influence skills, with a knack for partnering with software, QA, security, and product teams.
  • Problem-Solving: Adept at tackling complex challenges, proposing solutions, and delivering results in a fast-paced environment.
  • AI/ML: Strategize about ways to create special workflows for AI developers, hooks in our CI/CD system to enable innovation via AI, and CI/CD domain-specific tools to enhance developer productivity.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred. Equivalent experience with a strong history in software development and/or infrastructure engineering is also accepted.
  • Knowledge of security frameworks, compliance standards, and CI/CD pipeline best practices.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to clearly convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
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 $190,700 and $329,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.

Back to search results
See all roles in Cupertino