Engineering Manager, iOS & macOS Contacts

at  Apple

SUMMARY

Posted: Jun 25, 2024
Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number:200554469
Apple devices allow people to connect and share content seamlessly. Native platform experiences and robust APIs bring rich interactions while preserving user privacy and ability to focus on their tasks. Here lies the Contacts team mission. Help us make the Contacts experience delightful and bring the people dimension to every device. Work with a high-paced applications teams, talented engineers and world-class designers to deliver the best system experiences on the planet!

DESCRIPTION

Contacts are the center of people interactions on Apple Devices. We’re looking for a team leader to drive our feature set across user experiences, frameworks and data sync. Whilst there are a lot of opportunities ahead for the team, a key mission is driving the roadmap and executing on successful features with high quality. As the Engineering Manager for the Contacts team, your primary responsibilities will encompass the following key areas: - Leading and Developing Direct Reports: you will be responsible for growing and hiring your direct reports, fostering their professional development, and providing guidance to enhance their skills. - Prioritizing Work and Team Collaboration: you will prioritize tasks and projects within the team, ensuring that critical deliverables are met on time and within scope. - Additionally, you will represent the team’s work and collaborate effectively with stakeholders and partners to achieve the desired impact. - System Knowledge and Cross-Functional Collaboration: Given the extensive scope of the Contacts team’s responsibilities, you will quickly gain a comprehensive understanding of the system’s features. You will collaborate closely with exceptional engineering and cross-functional colleagues, leveraging their expertise to drive success and foster personal growth. By assuming these roles, you will play a pivotal role in delivering an exceptional user experience for our customers.

• Successful experience of team management: hiring and growing individuals, making the right staffing decisions
• Work with designers and organization leaders on developing delightful user features with schedule and quality in mind
• Proven ability to manage team commitments and work cross functionally
• Fast learner and proficient context switcher
• Attention to detail, thorough thinking on the entire implications of existing and new features
• Sense of prioritization, ability to question the status quo, and focus on what matters
• High integrity leader who makes the team success a priority

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent skills and work experience

• Successful experience of team management: hiring and growing individuals, making the right staffing decisions
• Work with designers and organization leaders on developing delightful user features with schedule and quality in mind
• Proven ability to manage team commitments and work cross functionally
• Fast learner and proficient context switcher
• Attention to detail, thorough thinking on the entire implications of existing and new features
• Sense of prioritization, ability to question the status quo, and focus on what matters
• High integrity leader who makes the team success a priorit