Ads Platform SRE: Build Reliable, Scalable AWS Infra

Apple Inc.; Cupertino, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock purchase plan

Stock-based compensation (RSUs)

Medical and dental coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Bonuses/commission potential

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer in Cupertino to support mission-critical ad-tech platforms. You will ensure uptime, scalability, and secure operations while collaborating with developers and architects to improve system reliability.

Responsibilities include building distributed systems on AWS (EKS, MSK, ElastiCache), developing automation tooling, and leading incident response efforts. Strong Kubernetes and IaC skills are required; some AI/LLM tooling experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience supporting internet-facing production systems and distributed cloud infrastructure.
• Strong programming skills in at least one of: Python, Go, or Java.
• Proven expertise with AWS-managed infrastructure
• Hands-on experience with Linux systems and deep knowledge of its internals.
• Demonstrated experience with Infrastructure as Code, especially Terraform.
• Strong foundation in SRE concepts: Monitoring, alerting, and observability, incident response and root cause analysis, error budgets, SLAs/SLOs, and system reliability

Responsibilities

• Build and operate distributed systems using AWS managed services such as EKS, MSK, and ElastiCache.
• Develop internal tooling and automation frameworks to improve infrastructure reliability, cost-efficiency, and operational visibility.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to define infrastructure architecture, troubleshoot complex issues, and drive production excellence.
• Design, provision, and maintain resilient infrastructure by combining Terraform for core foundational resources with GitOps workflows and Kubernetes-native control planes (e.g., Argo CD, Flux, Helm, kro, ACK, Crossplane, etc.) to enable declarative, automated, and drift-free continuous reconciliation.
• Lead or participate in incident response, postmortems, and continuous improvement cycles to reduce future risk.

Skills

3+ years experience

Python/Go/Java

AWS

Linux internals

Terraform

SRE concepts

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Argo CD

Flux

Helm

Crossplane

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer in Cupertino to support mission-critical ad-tech platforms. You will ensure uptime, scalability, and secure operations while collaborating with developers and architects to improve system reliability.

Responsibilities include building distributed systems on AWS (EKS, MSK, ElastiCache), developing automation tooling, and leading incident response efforts. Strong Kubernetes and IaC skills are required; some AI/LLM tooling experience is a plus.