Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Apple Services Engineering (ASE) / iCloud at Apple Culver Ci[...]

null; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical coverage

Dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Employee stock programs

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Services Engineering (ASE) / iCloud in Culver City seeks a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to design, implement, and operate scalable, highly available services. You will collaborate with product teams, automate provisioning and monitoring, manage on-call rotations, and drive DR exercises and capacity planning.

Candidates should have 5+ years in SRE/DevOps, strong Linux and networking fundamentals, experience with Kubernetes, and fluency in Java, Python, or Go.

Qualifications

• BS degree in computer science or equivalent with 5+ years experience.
• Proficiency with Linux, networking, and systems management.
• Fluency in Java, Python, or Go.
• Experience scaling distributed systems in cloud environments.
• Familiarity with microservices and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of security principles and encryption.
• SRE concepts: monitoring, alerting, error budgets, automation.
• Strong ownership and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement resilient, scalable infrastructure with product teams.
• Operate, monitor, and triage production and non-production environments.
• Review code and infrastructure; participate in design reviews.
• Evaluate new technologies to improve reliability, security, performance.
• Develop automation to provision, configure, deploy, and monitor services.
• Participate in on-call rotation.
• Contribute to capacity planning, scale testing, and disaster recovery.
• Apply software engineering mindset to operational problems.

Skills

Linux knowledge

Networking fundamentals

Java/Python/Go

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

Security principles

SRE/DevOps mindset

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Apple Services Engineering (ASE) / iCloud

Job at Apple. Culver City, CA. Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Apple Services Engineering (ASE) / iCloud

Culver City, California, United States

Software and Services

Posted: May 06, 2025

Role Number: 200603457

Summary

People at Apple don't just build products - they craft experiences our customers love and depend on. Apple Services Engineering (ASE) builds and supports the systems that make many of these daily experiences possible. If you've used Apple products, you've likely interacted with us. Apple Services Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams are responsible for the systems and services that directly support those customers and their experiences. We are looking for an SRE with experience in building and supporting highly available customer-facing services. You will apply SRE best practices to ensure the availability, reliability, and performance of our systems and services. Does this sound like you!

Description

• Engage with our product teams to understand requirements, design and implement resilient and scalable infrastructure solutions.
• Operate, monitor, and triage all aspects of our production and non-production environments.
• Collaborate on code, infrastructure, design reviews, and process enhancements
• Evaluate and integrate new technologies to improve system reliability, security, and performance.
• Develop and implement automation to provision, configure, deploy, and monitor Apple services.
• Participate in an oncall rotation providing hands‑on technical expertise during service impacting events.
• Contribute to capacity planning, scale testing, and disaster recovery exercises
• Approach operational problems with a software engineering mindset.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years in a Infrastructure Ops, Site Reliability Engineering, or DevOps focused role.
• BS degree in computer science or equivalent field with 5+ years of experience.
• Knowledge of Linux operating system principles, networking fundamentals, and systems management.
• Demonstrable fluency in at least one of the following languages: Java, Python, or Go.
• Experience in managing and scaling distributed systems in a public, private, or hybrid cloud environment.
• Familiarity with micro-services architecture and container orchestration with Kubernetes.
• Awareness of key security principles including encryption, keys (types and exchange protocols).
• Understanding of SRE principals including monitoring, alerting, error budgets, fault analysis, and automation.
• Strong sense of ownership, with a desire to communicate and collaborate with other engineers and teams.
• Ability to identify and communicate technical and architectural problems, while working with partners and their team to iteratively find solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing automation
• Scripting experience in Python
• Enjoy building partnerships

Pay & Benefits

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 $166,600 and $250,600, 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.

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