Apple
Software Engineering Manager (Cross Platform Faces) - Watch Software
$206K–$356K
Cupertino, California · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026
- Experience
- Experience building and leading a team; no number of years specified.
About the job
Leads a team building, optimizing, and maintaining Apple Watch faces, with a focus on user interface development, graphics, animation, and performance.
What you'll do
- Lead engineers in creating, optimizing, and maintaining Apple Watch faces.
- Collaborate with design and product marketing teams to align watch faces with technical standards and product vision.
- Bring products to market while working hands-on across teams and domains.
What they ask for
- Experience building and leading a team of senior and junior engineers.
- Strong background building customer-facing user interfaces and expertise in UI layout, animation, and interaction systems.
- Hands-on software development and lifecycle management experience, with solid computer science fundamentals.
- Experience working with design partners, strong product sense, and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Nice to have
- Experience defining and driving application or systems architecture.
- Expertise in low-level graphics languages or ability to work across hardware, sensors, firmware, frameworks, and applications.
Pay
$206,200 and $356,400 (base salary)
Tools
CoreAnimation, UIKIt, SwiftUI, Metal, OpenGL
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