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

Apple, Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple's Data Platform SRE team in Austin seeks an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to help design, build, and operate scalable services across global time zones. You will own reliability, performance, and automation initiatives, participate in on-call rotations, and collaborate with software and infrastructure teams to deliver resilient, observable systems at scale.

The role emphasizes proactive problem solving, incident management, and applying best practices in cloud-native architectures,

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience building, operating and scaling large applications in cloud environments.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes with hands-on experience on platforms like EKS.
• Proficient coding in Python, Go, or Rust for automation and tooling.
• Solid Linux internals knowledge and understanding of networking fundamentals.
• Experience with object storage (S3) and distributed systems design.

Responsibilities

• Participates in rotating on-call schedule, including occasional weekend coverage.
• Designs, builds, and operates large-scale distributed systems for Apple services.
• Supports global operations across time zones from Cupertino and beyond.
• Leverages a mix of open-source, commercial, and internally developed tools.
• Drives automation and operational efficiency through robust tooling and monitoring.

Skills

Kubernetes

Python

Go

Rust

Linux internals

Networking

S3 storage

EKS

Cloud environments

Job description

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

Austin, Texas, United States Software and Services

Description

We are seeking an experienced Software and Systems Engineer to join our dynamic team. This role demands a proactive mindset, technical excellence, and a collaborative spirit. The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• 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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