Software Engineering Manager - Games

Apple

Seattle, WA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Apple, Application Programming Interface (API), Communication Skills, Concurrency, Debugging Skills, Engineering Management, Game Software, Games Programming, Gaming, Mac Operating System, Mentoring, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, Multithreaded Programming, Objective-C Programming Language, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Problem Solving Skills, Social Gaming, Software Engineering, Swift, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, iOS
LOCATION
Seattle, WA
POSTED
30+ days ago
**Role Number:** 200633412-3337 **Summary** Apple Games is seeking a dynamic engineering manager to lead the Game Center team, driving the next generation of social and connected gaming experiences across Apple platforms. This role oversees the development of GameKit, a core technology that empowers game developers while delivering seamless, engaging experiences for players in the new Apple Games app and gaming overlay. You'll guide a talented team working at the intersection of Apple's platform services and the games developers are creating for millions of players worldwide. **Description** In this role, you'll balance creativity with technical rigor-translating developer feedback into solutions that align with Apple's strategic objectives. You'll work side-by-side with your manager and leaders across Apple to advocate for games as a first-class experience on our devices, ensuring our technologies resonate deeply with the global game development community. This is an opportunity to lead a talented team at the heart of Apple's gaming efforts and help define how great games are built and experienced on our platforms. **Minimum Qualifications** + Proven ability to hire, develop, and mentor high-performing engineering teams + Track record of delivering developer-facing or internal APIs that power great products + Experience in the game industry, either building games or shipping technologies for game developers + Deep passion for improving the developer experience and enabling creativity through better tools and frameworks + Exceptional communication skills-able to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical partners + Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills + Solid understanding of multithreaded concepts, concurrency, and performance optimization **Preferred Qualifications** + Experience with iOS or macOS development using Swift or Objective C is preferred but not required.

About the Company

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Apple

We bring amazing people together to make amazing things happen.

We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.

About Apple

There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Other/Not Classified
FOUNDED
1976
WEBSITE
https://www.apple.com/jobs