Release Engineer, Retail and Marcom Engineering

Socket.dev; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking a Release Engineer to help build and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines and release automations in a large-scale enterprise environment. You will work with Go, Python, Jenkins, and modern deployment tools, contributing to robust release processes across environments.

The role emphasizes collaboration, technical excellence, and continuous growth through exposure to AI-driven automation and emerging practices in CI/CD.

Qualifications

• 3 years in Release Engineering, DevOps, or Build/CI roles.
• Strong programming with Go or Python.
• Good understanding of CI/CD concepts, Git workflows, and branching strategies.
• Experience with Linux systems and scripting (Bash, Shell, Groovy).
• Proficiency in Jenkins pipeline creation, troubleshooting, and optimization.
• Ability to troubleshoot build, deployment, and release issues across environments.
• BS or MS in Engineering, CS, or equivalent education/experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in a highly collaborative environment balancing rapid execution with technical excellence.
• Gain exposure to modern CI/CD tooling and AI-driven automation practices.
• Contribute to scalable release engineering and software delivery pipelines.

Skills

Go

Python

CI/CD concepts

Git workflows

Linux scripting

Jenkins

Troubleshooting

Education

BS/MS in Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Harness

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Artifactory

Nexus

Grafana

Prometheus

ELK

Splunk

Docker

Kubernetes

Argo Rollouts

Job description

Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple’s Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization. IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who build for them. It’s Apple’s central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless. Do you love building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale? Imagine what you could do here. Retail and Marcom Engineering, an IS&T team, builds and operates the systems and experiences that connect Apple's products with its customers. The team owns the technology behind both Apple's online and physical stores and drives the interactive marketing experiences and tools that keep creative operations moving. Together, those functions deliver the technology behind every product story Apple tells and every purchase a customer makes.

Description

In this role, you will work within a highly collaborative environment that balances rapid execution with technical excellence. You will gain exposure to modern CI/CD tooling and emerging AI-driven automation practices, opening up clear pathways for personal growth and career advancement.

Minimum Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in Release Engineering, DevOps, or Build/CI roles.
• Strong programming experience with Go or Python.
• Good understanding of CI/CD concepts, Git workflows, and branching strategies.
• Experience with Linux systems and scripting (Bash, Shell, Groovy).
• Proficiency in Jenkins pipeline creation, troubleshooting, and optimization.
• Ability to troubleshoot build, deployment, and release issues across environments.
• BS or MS in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent education/experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in Release Engineering, DevOps, or Build/CI roles.
• Expert in CI/CD concepts, Git workflows, and branching strategies.
• Hands-on experience with Harness for automated deployments and governance.
• Experience integrating CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and quality gates.
• AI-Driven Release Automation: Exposure to AI-driven automation in release pipelines, including automated test generation and prioritization, anomaly detection in build/release metrics, predictive failure analysis, and self-healing pipelines.
• AI-Assisted Troubleshooting: Experience using AI/ML-based tools or LLMs to accelerate root cause analysis, summarize build/release failures, or generate remediation suggestions.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Exposure to artifact management tools (Artifactory, Nexus).
• Understanding of observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Splunk) to monitor release pipelines, including using anomaly detection to proactively flag pipeline health issues.
• Knowledge of security best practices in CI/CD (secrets management, signing, vulnerability scanning), including AI-assisted vulnerability triage and prioritization.
• Experience with feature flagging systems or progressive delivery (e.g., Argo Rollouts), including data-driven or AI-assisted rollout decisioning.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration basics (Kubernetes).
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.