Engineering Manager – Spotlight UI (iOS & macOS)

Apple

| Cupertino, California, United States (On Site) | Full Time | 3 months ago
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Job Summary

As an Engineering Manager for Spotlight UI (iOS & macOS), you will lead a team responsible for highly visible and impactful work. Your responsibilities include team leadership and growth by hiring, mentoring, and supporting engineers, fostering their development, setting expectations, and building a collaborative culture. You will drive product execution and delivery by partnering with design, product, and engineering teams to deliver user-facing features while ensuring performance, scalability, and maintainability. You will also engage in cross-functional partnerships, representing Spotlight UI across the organization and collaborating with system software teams, platform architects, and UX designers. Strategic thinking and prioritization are key, involving evaluating trade-offs, questioning assumptions, and guiding data-informed decisions. A system-level understanding of the broader architecture is crucial for driving innovation.

Must Have

  • Team leadership and growth
  • Product execution and delivery
  • Cross-functional partnership
  • Strategic thinking and prioritization
  • System-level understanding

Job Description

As Engineering Manager, you’ll guide a team at the heart of some of our most visible and impactful work. Your role will include: - Team Leadership & Growth Hire, mentor, and support a team of talented engineers. Foster individual growth, set clear expectations, and build a culture of ownership and collaboration. - Product Execution & Delivery Partner with designers, product owners, and engineering peers to define and deliver user-facing features that feel magical — all while balancing performance, scalability, and maintainability. - Cross-Functional Partnership Represent Spotlight UI across the organization. Work closely with system software teams, platform architects, and UX designers to integrate seamlessly into the broader ecosystem. - Strategic Thinking & Prioritization Help the team focus on what matters most. Evaluate trade-offs, question assumptions, and guide the team to make thoughtful, data-informed decisions. - System-Level Understanding Quickly ramp up on the broader system architecture. Connect the dots between frameworks, UI layers, and platform capabilities to drive innovation from the inside out.

3 Skills Required For This Role

Team Management Cross Functional Macos