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10 Apple engineering directors
These ten current Apple engineering directors have held director-level engineering roles at Apple. A reader can learn how engineering directors work at Apple from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Cameron Olsen
LinkedInExperience: Director of Software Engineering · Apple
Director of Software Engineering at Apple since October 2025. Cameron Olsen also held Senior Engineering Manager, ACES (2019–2025), Senior Engineering Manager - World Wide Retail Commerce (2015–2019), Quality & Operations Manager (2014–2015) and Senior Technical Project Manager - Payments (2012–2014) roles at Apple.
Chelsea Burnette
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering - Apps & Intelligence · Apple
Director of Engineering - Apps & Intelligence at Apple since September 2026, in Cupertino. Chelsea Burnette was also Director of Engineering - Photos (2022–2026), Senior Engineering Manager - Photos (2019–2022), Engineering Manager - Photos UI (2017–2019) and Engineering Manager - Calendar, Contacts, Reminders (2015–2016) at Apple.
Eric Lee
LinkedInExperience: Software Engineering Director, Apple Neural Engine · Apple
Software Engineering Director, Apple Neural Engine at Apple since March 2024, in Sunnyvale, a role the profile says leads a team of systems software engineers working on the Apple Neural Engine. Eric Lee was also Software Engineering Director, Special Projects Group (2022–2024) and Senior Software Engineering Manager (2016–2022) at Apple.
Jesse Bunch
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Apple
Director of Engineering at Apple since September 2025, in Cupertino, a role the profile places in Productivity Applications at director level. Jesse Bunch was also Senior Software Engineering Manager (2017–2025), Software Engineering Manager (2016–2017) and Senior Software Engineer (2015–2016) at Apple.
Jnana Ranjan Senapati
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering, Data and ML Platforms · Apple
Director of Engineering, Data and ML Platforms at Apple since October 2022, in Sunnyvale; the profile headline ties the role to Apple's GenAI platform AiDP. Jnana Ranjan Senapati was also Sr. Engineering Manager, Big Data Frameworks at Apple (2006–2022) and Program Manager, SAP NetWeaver COE at SAP (1998–2006).
Naresh Kumar
LinkedInExperience: Director of Software Engineering · Apple
Director of Software Engineering at Apple since October 2022, in Cupertino. Naresh Kumar also held Senior Software Engineering Manager (2013–2022), Software Engineering Manager (2011–2013) and Lead iPhone Engineer (2009–2010) roles at Apple, and Software Engineer III at Cisco (2007–2009), according to the profile.
Peter Agboh
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Apple
Director of Engineering at Apple since October 2023, in Cupertino, a role the profile places in Engineering and Technical at director level. Peter Agboh was also Engineering Manager, Wireless Design at Apple (2009–2023), and the profile lists Staff Engineer at Nextwave Broadband (2006–2009) and Senior Engineer at Intel (2003–2006).
Sriranjan Manjunath
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Apple
Director of Engineering at Apple since October 2023; the profile headline reads Director of Engineering, AI Platform, Siri, and describes leading Siri platform engineering in Apple AIML. Sriranjan Manjunath was also CTO & Head of Engineering (2016–2019) and VP Engineering (2014–2016) at JioSaavn.
Steve Marmon
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering · Apple
Senior Director of Engineering at Apple since March 2025, in Cupertino, a role the profile tags at director level. Steve Marmon was also Director of Engineering (2021–2025), Engineering Manager (2014–2021), Software Engineer (2010–2014) and User Experience Designer (2009–2010) at Apple, according to the profile.
Suri Medapati
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Apple
Director of Engineering at Apple since November 2022, a role the profile places in Engineering and Technical at director level. Suri Medapati was also Engineering Director at Google (2018–2022) and held Executive Director, Head of Engineering, Verizon Home and Video (2017–2018) at Verizon, according to the profile.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you plan a year of engineering work when product release dates are fixed well in advance?
- 02How do engineering directors divide ownership between platform teams and the app teams that build on them?
- 03What do you look for when promoting an engineering manager to lead a larger organization?
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