Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Apple Data Platform Compute SRE

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join the ML Infrastructure team, focusing on Apple’s largest ML compute platform and multi-cloud storage/caching systems. The role emphasizes automation, reliability, and collaboration across first-party and third-party cloud environments.

You will apply deep Kubernetes expertise, work with object storage technologies, and help scale services to meet growing ML workloads across the Apple ecosystem.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of building, operating and scaling a large application in cloud environments.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes with hands-on experience (EKS).
• Proficient in Python, Go, or Rust for automation and tooling.
• Practical experience with object storage technologies, including Amazon S3.
• Strong background in designing and troubleshooting complex networking in cloud infra.
• Solid understanding of Linux internals and distributed systems concepts.

Responsibilities

• Participates in a rotating on-call schedule, including occasional weekend coverage.
• Support global operations across multiple time zones from Cupertino/Bangalore mix.
• Leverages a diverse stack including open-source and commercial solutions.
• Encourages open dialogue and drives impactful, measurable results.
• Owns design implementation from inception to delivery with accountability.

Skills

Kubernetes

Python

Go

Rust

Object storage

Tools

Spinnaker

Helm

Flux

Amazon S3

Job description

Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Apple Data Platform SRE / Apple Services Engineering

Austin, Texas, United States Software and Services

At Apple, we don't just build products - we create transformative experiences that have reshaped entire industries. Our innovation is driven by the diversity of our people and their ideas, inspiring everything we do. Imagine the impact you could make. Join Apple and help us leave the world better than we found it. The ML Infrastructure team is responsible for managing Apple's largest ML compute platform, multi-cloud storage abstraction and caching platform, which supports critical machine learning training workloads that power user-facing features across the Apple ecosystem. Operating across both first-party and third-party cloud environments brings complex and unique challenges. As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) on the ML Infrastructure team, you'll be expected to address these challenges through a strong foundation in cloud object storage, data analysis, automation, collaboration, and advanced expertise in Kubernetes. Our team oversees the full infrastructure stack - from low-level nodes to the complete network architecture - ensuring our platform remains highly available, resilient, and efficient at scale.

Description

• Strong critical thinking and a high degree of individual accountability
• Effective communication and collaboration skills
• A genuine passion for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• A commitment to automation and operational efficiency
• Ownership of projects from design through delivery
• A solutions-oriented approach, coupled with the ability to gain alignment on technical direction
• Consistent and timely execution of design implementations aligned with project objectives
• The ability to provide constructive technical feedback, fostering team-wide growth and continuous improvement

Responsibilities

• Participates in a rotating on-call schedule, including occasional weekend
• coverage when necessary
• Currently headquartered in Cupertino, with active expansion in Bangalore to
• support global operations across time zones
• Leverages a diverse stack including open-source tools, commercial solutions,
• and internally developed systems
• Encourages open dialogue, values strong ideas, and recognizes impactful results

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in building, operating and scaling a large application in a
• private, public or hybrid cloud environment
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes, with hands-on experience using platforms such
• (EKS)
• Proficient in designing, developing, and releasing code in languages such as
• Python, Go, or Rust
• Practical experience with object storage technologies, including Amazon S3
• Strong background in designing and troubleshooting complex networking
• issues in both public and private cloud infrastructures
• Solid understanding of Linux internals, standard networking protocols, and
• distributed systems architecture

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred Qualifications
• Proven drive to automate manual operations and enhance processes through
• Strong understanding of best practices for deploying large-scale, distributed
• applications
• Hands-on experience managing diverse system environments using
• configuration management tools or software delivery platforms such as
• Spinnaker, Helm, or Flux
• Demonstrated expertise in deploying, supporting, and monitoring both new
• and existing services, platforms, and application stacks
• Solid familiarity with container orchestration and management using

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