Apple
Sr. Software Engineering Manager, Foundation - Wallet, Payments & Commerce
$238K–$402K
New York City, New York · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 11, 2026
- Experience
- 15+ years of software engineering experience; 8+ years of direct engineering management.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience; master's degree is a plus but not required.
About the job
Leads engineering managers and engineers responsible for the technical strategy, delivery, and operation of foundational server-side services powering Wallet, Payments & Commerce products.
What you'll do
- Develop engineering managers and engineers, supporting leadership growth and career development.
- Own delivery and technical architecture of core services, from scoping through production operation.
- Drive design governance, operational excellence, and cross-functional alignment across engineering and partner teams.
What they ask for
- 15+ years of software engineering experience and 8+ years of direct engineering management, including leading engineering managers and developing senior individual contributors.
- Production experience with JVM-based languages, microservices, and highly available server-side services.
- Expertise in distributed systems, SQL and NoSQL data stores, consistency models, and multi-region deployment topologies.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Domain experience in payments, commerce, or financial services.
- Experience scaling or re-platforming backend systems and developing engineering talent.
Pay
$237,600 and $401,700 (base salary range)
Tools
JVM-based languages, microservices, SQL, NoSQL
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