I create software, support people, and build healthy teams.

Kayla McArthur is an engineering leader that specializes in the intersection of infrastructure, security, governance, mobile technology, and management, with a special focus in topics around Apple and supply chain security. She is currently a Senior Engineering Manager at Google managing the core mobile release infrastructure team, ensuring efficient, safe, and compliant releases of Google’s mobile applications. In addition to her role leading the central mobile release infrastructure team, she also leads various other projects and teams owning critical security, codesigning, and governance in the mobile space supporting many thousands of developers across the company.

Prior to her work at Google, Kayla led the Kindle for iOS team at Amazon. She has led and organized a variety of internal conferences at her employers and spoken many dozens of times on topics ranging from leadership and management to the intricacies of codesigning, compliance, governance controls, and more. In her spare time, Kayla works on personal projects, publishes articles here and elsewhere, attends industry conferences, and engages in a variety of creative pursuits.

The views on this website are solely Kayla’s and do not reflect the views of her employer.

Get in Touch

The best way to reach me is by email at kayla@kayla.is. You can also find me on LinkedIn, Bluesky, and GitHub. Feel free to say hi, I don’t bite.