Engineering Manager, Apple Card & Savings

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
New City, NY
Salary
$206,200–$356,400 / yr
Posted
27 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $229k
This role $281k
$154k most similar roles pay here $378k

This role pays more than 88% of similar roles. Most pay $202,800–$254,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $281k versus about $229k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Apple Inc

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

Apple Inc currently has 1984 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Engineering Manager, Apple Card & Savings

As an Engineering Manager, Apple Card & Savings, you will lead and mentor a team of backend engineers building the distributed systems that power Apple Card and Apple Savings. You will be responsible for driving architectural decisions, establishing engineering best practices for code quality and operational excellence, and translating complex business and regulatory requirements into actionable technical plans. The role involves managing high-stakes financial products by overseeing infrastructure, relational and NoSQL datastores, and high-throughput messaging pipelines like Kafka or SQS. You will utilize Java and Kotlin to develop scalable services while collaborating with product and design teams to define roadmaps. This position focuses on the intersection of consumer technology and financial infrastructure, specifically solving problems related to performance, reliability, and security within the payments and fintech domains for large-scale distributed systems.

What does a Engineering Manager earn?

Median $267050 from 138 postings across 39 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of backend engineers working on Apple Card and Savings features.
  • Drive architectural decisions for distributed systems to ensure scale, performance, and reliability.
  • Establish engineering best practices for code quality, testing, and operational excellence.
  • Partner with product and design teams to define technical roadmaps and resolve ambiguity.
  • Translate complex business and regulatory requirements into actionable engineering plans.
  • Champion high standards for design reviews, code reviews, and incident response.
  • Communicate technical strategy, progress, and risks clearly to senior leadership.
  • Recruit, onboard, and retain engineering talent to scale the team effectively.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience building and operating large-scale distributed backend systems.
  • Proven experience managing and growing a team of software engineers in a fast-paced product environment.
  • Deep expertise in Java or Kotlin with hands-on experience designing services for scale and performance.
  • Strong background in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and API design.
  • Experience with relational and NoSQL databases and high-throughput messaging systems like Kafka or SQS.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional collaboration and communicate technical complexity to executive stakeholders.
  • Familiarity with financial services, payments, or fintech domains including regulatory considerations (preferred).
  • Hands-on experience with performance engineering, capacity planning, and large-scale system reliability practices (preferred).

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