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Software Engineering Manager, Health Research

Apple, Sunnyvale, California, United States, 94087


Software Engineering Manager, Health Research

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Software and Services

“I believe, if you zoom out into the future, and you look back, and you ask the question, ‘What was Apple’s greatest contribution to [hu]mankind?’ it will be about health.” – Tim Cook, 2019. Health is a diverse, talented, and passionate team working on health features at the center of Apple’s strategy to improve how people manage their health, and are helping our users live healthier lives. Our team, Health Research Applications, focuses on the Apple Research app, which lets users participate in large scale health research studies that are leading to new insights in human health and advancements in Apple’s health technology. We’re looking for an exceptional software engineering leader to guide the development of new research platform features on iPhone and Apple Watch.

Description

As manager of the team, you’ll have the opportunity to work with experts in their field to build new and expand on existing health research features on iPhone and Apple Watch. You’ll partner with diverse stakeholders across the company, including clinical, privacy, legal, product marketing, design, and more. This position requires a self-motivated individual with strong technical, communication, and project management skills to handle responsibilities including:

Defining product features, functional specs, resource planning, and development schedules

Scoping and prioritizing features and bug fixes

Representing the team and its technology with engineering as well as non-technical stakeholders

Advising and encouraging engineering best practices to deliver quality features while effectively controlling risk

Defining and growing a diverse and world-class engineering team

Minimum Qualifications

8+ years of professional software engineering experience including Apple platform technologies like iOS & macOS frameworks, Swift/Objective-C, Xcode, etc.

Successfully launched high-quality consumer products and care deeply about product excellence

Technical experience with native iOS development and a strong grasp of computer science fundamentals

Drive forward through various constraints and ambiguity on difficult problems to make sound decisions

Excellent communication skills, including ability to influence cross-functionally and communicate clearly with senior leadership

Key Qualifications

3+ years experience leading software engineering teams

Track record demonstrating the ability to build a diverse and strong team – attracting, hiring, retaining, motivating the best talent

Passion for and prior experience designing and implementing outstanding user interfaces and customer experience

Highly organized, someone who thrives working in a fast-paced environment, and loves learning new technologies

Experience with data analytics or human subjects research

Experience with scalable systems that integrate between a mobile client and server

Obsessively passionate and inquisitive, and seeks to solve everyday problems in innovative ways

BS Computer Science or equivalent experience

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