Sr. Software Engineering Manager, Solr Search - Apple Service Engineering

Apple’s Solr team builds and operates large-scale Apache Solr deployments that power search across many of Apple’s most essential internet services, including iCloud, Music, TV, and Maps. The platform is foundational to the search experience at Apple, and your work will directly shape products used by hundreds of millions of people. We are seeking a seasoned engineering leader to guide an established team of Solr experts and drive the evolution of Apple’s search infrastructure. In this role, you will lead a team responsible for delivering a high-performance, scalable, and reliable Solr platform that meets Apple’s rapidly evolving product needs. The team owns both the operation of Apple-scale Solr clusters and contributions to Solr open source, client libraries, and the surrounding control plane. You will define technical direction, uphold engineering rigor, and ensure operational excellence across the Solr ecosystem. You will hire, mentor, and grow engineers working on internal platform capabilities as well as upstream open-source efforts. Close collaboration with SRE, EPM, and product teams is essential to align platform strategy, drive clarity, and support customer-facing initiatives. You are someone who: - Holds a high bar for quality and engineering excellence - Leads with clarity, empathy, and accountability - Can dive deep into technical and operational details when needed - Challenges assumptions constructively and brings structure to ambiguity - Builds strong partnerships across organizations