Site Reliability Engineer - Traffic and Secure Services

Apple Inc.; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Camden Town is seeking a Reliability Engineer to design, automate, and operate core networking services for their globally distributed system. The ideal candidate should have experience in traffic management and distributed systems, with strong skills in modern programming languages. This role requires effective communication across teams in North America and a commitment to operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience in traffic management, networking infrastructure, or distributed systems.
• Software engineering or reliability engineering experience.
• Fluent in at least one modern programming or scripting language.
• Hands-on involvement with DevOps culture and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, automate, and operate core networking services.
• Respond to critical incidents and design long-term solutions.
• Engage regularly with teams in North America for collaboration.

Skills

Traffic management

Networking infrastructure

Distributed systems

Programming languages (Golang, Rust, Python, Java, bash)

Load balancing

TLS and secure network communications

DevOps culture

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure-as-code

Education

Bachelor of Science in relevant engineering disciplines

Job description

As a Reliability Engineer, you'll work closely with engineering teams in North America and Europe, contributing to a globally distributed system that operates 24x7 at immense scale. You'll have the opportunity to design, automate, and operate core networking services that underpin Apple’s most important products.

• Experience in traffic management, networking infrastructure, or distributed systems.
• Software engineering or reliability engineering experience
• Bachelor of Science in relevant engineering disciplines
• Are fluent in at least one modern programming or scripting language (e.g., Golang, Rust, Python, Java, bash) and have a track record of shipping production-grade tooling or services.
• Understand the internals of load balancing, TLS, and secure network communications, especially in large-scale environments.
• Thrive in dynamic situations: whether responding to critical incidents or designing long-term solutions, you know when to act and when to align.
• Believe automation is a first-class responsibility, not an afterthought. Past work might include automating deployments, alert triage, certificate rotation, or self-service workflows.
• Communicate clearly and work effectively across time zones and disciplines. You'll engage regularly with teams in North America, requiring thoughtful planning around collaboration rhythms.
• Are passionate about operational excellence and continuously raising the bar for reliability, performance, and security.
• Experience with cloud-native proxies or service mesh technologies.
• Hands-on involvement with DevOps culture, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Proven success delivering robust, diagnosable systems in 24x7 customer-facing environments.
• A mindset of lifelong learning and sharing, contributing diverse perspectives to technical discussions and team growth.