Engineering Program Manager - Software Developer Productivity - CoreOS

Engineering Program Manager - Software Developer Productivity - CoreOS

San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: Aug 11, 2025

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The Software Developer Productivity team is looking for an experienced program manager to join the Core OS Platform Services and Operations EPM team. This is an opportunity to drive key software initiatives as a partner specifically with the Operations and Workflow Engineering groups within the Platform Services organization. We are looking for an experienced Software Engineering Program Manager to lead highly cross-functional technology efforts designing, building, optimizing, and shipping software in all phases of development from pre-silicon simulation, to sample bring-up, to already-shipping systems.

This role requires an energetic and motivated individual with strong communication, organization, and technical skills who works well in a fast-paced dynamic environment. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated and also have a desire to learn, develop, and build on technical expertise during product development. Our environment cultivates product innovation, rapid product iteration, and a liberating amount of autonomy.

Description

We are looking for someone to drive, own, and improve the quality and efficiency of Core OS software operations. In this role you will be the central hub bringing together different teams from SW Engineering, Quality, Development Operations, and Build and Test platform organizations, with the goal of improving the operational effectiveness of the organization.

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  Creating and maintaining detailed project plans, schedule, and status documentation for our Ops and Workflow initiatives.

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  Bringing together and collaborating with large cross-functional stakeholder groups.

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  Serving as a liaison to communicate information regarding requirements, changes, milestones reached, and other pertinent information.

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  Present and communicate new feature initiatives, top issues, risks, and critical achievements to executive leadership.

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  Driving focus to critical path deliverables and track execution of dependencies.

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  Coordinating complex and highly dependent groups of changes through our build and integration systems.

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  Acting as a liason with the Build EPM team around software program deadlines and milestones

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  Proactively identifying risks to software delivery, developing mitigation strategies, and facilitating resolutions.

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Minimum Qualifications

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  At least 5 years of experience in program or project management in software development

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  Knowledge of software engineering standard methodologies and related dependencies

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  Familiar with components of Computer Architecture and Operating Systems

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  Excellent spoken and written communication with the ability to tailor communication style to multiple audiences

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  Organization and multi-tasking skills with great attention to detail

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Preferred Qualifications

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  Strong leadership skills including ability to build trusting relationships and influence others

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  Build and Release Engineering / Release Management

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  Project Management experience in software development life cycle

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  Understanding software build pipelines, merging, test systems and methods, and the delivery of codeContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery

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  DevOps Lifecycle Improvement Initiatives

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  Developer Productivity

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  Analytics (splunk/Tableau preferred)

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  Knowledge of operating system internals architecture skills and experience:

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Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $172,100 and $258,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.Learn more about Apple Benefits. (

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