Apple
Engineering Manager, Creative Apps
$185K–$356K
Cupertino, California +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Location
- Cupertino, California
Vancouver, Washington - Experience
- 3+ years of engineering management experience; no alternative stated.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads engineers building intelligent, full-stack features for Apple’s creative apps, balancing technical direction and delivery with people management.
What you'll do
- Lead and grow an engineering team building creative application features across multiple workstreams.
- Plan and deliver features with product, design, and cross-functional partners; manage technical risks, quality, and timelines.
- Represent team technical decisions and promote engineering best practices.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of engineering management experience with direct responsibility for individual-contributor engineers.
- Deep iOS and/or macOS app development expertise using UIKit and/or AppKit; proficiency in Swift and/or Objective-C.
- Experience delivering complex consumer-facing Mac and iOS apps from concept through App Store release, with production-scale architecture and UI systems.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with creative, document-based, or rich editing apps on Apple platforms; familiarity with on-device machine learning or intelligent creative tools.
- Experience with Apple frameworks or platform internals, cross-functional alignment, or managing platform transitions.
Pay
$206,200 and $356,400 (base salary); $185,400 and $320,700 (base salary)
Tools
UIKit, AppKit, Swift, Objective-C, SwiftUI
AI focus
Manage engineers building intelligent features for Apple creative apps; on-device machine learning integration or intelligent creative tooling is preferred.
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