Release Engineer, Infrastructure – CI/CD & Automation Leader

Apple, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple, Inc. in Austin, Texas, is seeking a Release Engineer for Infrastructure Services. You will manage weekly code releases, maintain a testing-friendly lab, and build automation to streamline the software delivery lifecycle.

The role focuses on reducing release risk, increasing automation, and improving patch and deployment workflows. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in release engineering or DevOps, strong Linux knowledge, and experience with GitOps tooling (Argo CD, Flux) and Puppet/Ansible.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of release engineering, DevOps, or SRE related experience.
• Proficiency with git and modern SCM practices (branching, PRs).
• Scripting/automation experience in Python, Ruby, Go, or bash.
• Strong hands-on Linux (RHEL or equivalent) experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage weekly code releases from review through deployment to production.
• Administer artifact repositories with proper versioning and governance.
• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for secure, efficient releases.
• Shift testing left by integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Release engineering

Git

Scripting & automation

Linux command line

Tools

Puppet

Ansible

Job description

Apple, Inc. in Austin, Texas, is seeking a Release Engineer for Infrastructure Services. You will manage weekly code releases, maintain a testing-friendly lab, and build automation to streamline the software delivery lifecycle.

The role focuses on reducing release risk, increasing automation, and improving patch and deployment workflows. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in release engineering or DevOps, strong Linux knowledge, and experience with GitOps tooling (Argo CD, Flux) and Puppet/Ansible.