ASE Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 147,400 - 272,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Employee stock purchase plan

Educational reimbursement

Job summary

Apple Inc. is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) in Cupertino, California, to ensure the availability and performance of its services. You will work on large-scale distributed systems and drive a culture of operational excellence through automation. Ideal candidates have strong programming skills and experience leading projects.

This position offers a competitive base pay range of $147,400 to $272,100, along with various benefits including healthcare, retirement plans, and employee stock options.

Qualifications

• Over 3 years of experience in large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience in leading technical projects and providing engineering leadership.
• Strong programming or scripting skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the full service lifecycle from inception to continuous improvement.
• Monitor and maintain service health across availability and performance.
• Drive automation to reduce operational toil.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Shell scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Cupertino, California, United States Software and Services

The Apple Services Engineering (ASE) team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s long-held passion for combining art and technology. These are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books. And they do it on a massive scale, meeting Apple’s high expectations with high performance to deliver a huge variety of entertainment in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries. These engineers build secure, end-to-end solutions. They develop the custom software used to process all the creative work, the tools that providers use to deliver that media, all the server-side systems, and the APIs for many Apple services. Thanks to Apple’s unique integration of hardware, software, and services, engineers here partner to get behind a single unified vision. That vision always includes a deep commitment to strengthening Apple’s privacy policy, one of Apple’s core values. Although services are a bigger part of Apple’s business than ever before, these teams remain small, forward-thinking, and cross-functional, offering greater exposure to the array of opportunities here.

Description

As an SRE, your mission is to ensure these services are always available, performant, and ready for growth. You will solve complex problems at scale, develop deep troubleshooting expertise, and keep a relentless focus on availability, latency, performance, and capacity. You will drive a culture of operational excellence by replacing toil with automation and by building systems that are resilient by design.

Responsibilities

• Own the full service lifecycle from inception and architecture through deployment, operations, and continuous improvement
• Partner with cross-functional teams to prepare services for production through system design consulting, deployment strategy, capacity planning, and production readiness reviews
• Monitor, measure, and maintain service health across availability, latency, and performance dimensions
• Drive sustainable scalability through automation and tooling, reducing manual operational overhead
• Participate in on-call rotations, lead production incident response, and contribute to blameless postmortems
• Establish and champion operational excellence practices across the organization
• Collaborate closely with Software Engineering, Program Management, Security, and Infrastructure teams to embed reliability throughout the software development lifecycle

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ years of experience designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
• 2+ years of experience leading technical projects and providing engineering leadership
• Strong programming or scripting skills (e.g., Python, Go, Java, or shell scripting)

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering
• Experience with observability tooling, SLOs/SLIs, and capacity planning at scale
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines
• Proven track record of driving automation to reduce operational toil in high-traffic production environments

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $147,400 and $272,100, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant

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