Director of Software Engineering, Quality, Insights, and Delivery

Apple Inc

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Location
Cupertino, CA
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$311,100–$496,900 / yr
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3 days ago
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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

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TL;DR · Director of Software Engineering, Quality, Insights, and Delivery

The Director of Software Engineering: Quality, Insights, and Delivery - Apple Maps leads a multi-tiered engineering organization within the Maps team to optimize software experiences across the ecosystem. This leader manages engineering managers, performance architects, and automation engineers to drive end-to-end quality, performance, and delivery strategies. Key responsibilities include establishing advanced automated testing pipelines, leading deep-dive investigations into system bottlenecks, and managing the packaging of Maps and related SDKs for iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS. The role requires expertise in CI/CD infrastructure, performance measurement frameworks, and telemetry for identifying software regressions. The position focuses on solving complex problems regarding latency, memory usage, battery efficiency, and transaction correctness for consumer-facing navigation software while leveraging AI and ML-driven automated regression detection to ensure high-quality, reliable user experiences.

What you'll do

  • Define and execute comprehensive quality and insights strategies for Maps software platforms.
  • Manage and grow multi-tiered engineering organizations including managers, architects, and automation engineers.
  • Establish advanced automated testing pipelines and cross-platform testing solutions.
  • Lead deep-dive investigations into system bottlenecks, performance measurements, and transaction correctness.
  • Package Maps and related SDKs across iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS.
  • Create a monetization-centric quality roadmap and deliver scalable testing and metrics frameworks.
  • Build automated telemetry and real-world monitoring platforms to identify software regressions.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to establish quality gates and align on engineering priorities.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 12+ years of professional software engineering and quality assurance experience.
  • 6+ years of engineering leadership as a Director with experience managing other managers in consumer software or mobile platforms.
  • Proven track record driving quality and performance engineering for consumer products with millions of active users.
  • Solid foundation in core performance metrics including latency, memory, CPU/GPU profiling, concurrency, battery life, and network throughput.
  • Experience driving continuous automated testing and quality gates integrated into modern Agile/DevOps CI/CD delivery pipelines.
  • Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field (preferred).
  • Direct experience with Native operating systems (iOS, macOS), embedded devices, or real-time media/graphics runtimes (preferred).

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