CareerPlan

Engineering Manager, Bazel & Remote Build Execution

Seattle, United States of AmericaFull-time2026-11-02 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead the roadmap and operations for Apple's Bazel ecosystem and Remote Build Execution (RBE) platform to enable fast, hermetic, and reproducible builds for thousands of engineers.

Role type

Engineering Manager, Infrastructure & Build Systems

Builds

Bazel toolchain, RBE platform, build UIs, observability, and migration tooling for Apple services

Domain

Build systems, distributed systems, infrastructure, software supply chain

Required skills

Build systems (Bazel, Buck2, Pants), distributed systems, engineering management, SLOs, metrics, telemetry, cross-functional influence

Preferred skills

Bazel (Starlark, Bzlmod, RBE API), remote execution systems (Buildbarn, BuildBuddy), Kubernetes, containers, batch scheduling, software supply chain security (SBOM, provenance), open-source contributions, AI-assisted development tools

Technologies

Bazel, Starlark, Bzlmod, Buildbarn, BuildBuddy, Kubernetes, Swift, Clang, Xcode

Responsibilities

Own platform strategy and multi-quarter roadmap; scale RBE for reliability and cost efficiency; partner on large codebase migrations; ensure supply chain compliance; invest in developer experience tools; hire and mentor senior engineers; align with cross-functional infrastructure teams

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities