Engineer Manager - Traffic (ASE)
Core
Lead a team of engineers to design and deliver next-generation traffic mesh, ingress/egress/border proxies, and load balancing solutions for Apple Services.
Role type
Senior IC manager (traffic engineering)
Builds
Traffic mesh, ingress proxy, egress proxy, border proxy, Apple Load Balancer, Apple Transit Gateway
Domain
Cloud networking, distributed systems, traffic management
Required skills
Traffic management at scale (Layer 4/7), distributed systems architecture, Kubernetes, Envoy/Istio/NGINX, cloud-native environments, hybrid multi-cloud operations, team leadership, architectural decision-making
Preferred skills
8+ years in scalable distributed services, 4+ years in management, end-to-end routing in complex ecosystems, full product lifecycle ownership
Technologies
Envoy, Istio, NGINX, Kubernetes
Responsibilities
Execute vision for Apple Load Balancer, Transit Gateway, and Traffic Mesh; drive architectural decisions; own distinct architecture pieces; collaborate with program/product management and SRE; lead and mentor engineers; develop team processes and culture
