The role is for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) within Apple Services Engineering, focusing on building and supporting highly available customer-facing services. The team is responsible for the reliability and performance of server software that powers various Apple products. Candidates will tackle unique challenges associated with operating at a large scale, servicing hundreds of millions of users. The position emphasizes collaboration with product development teams and leveraging data and automation to enhance service reliability.

• 5+ years in an Infrastructure Ops, Site Reliability Engineering, or DevOps focused role.
• Bachelor's 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, and exchange protocols.
• Understanding of SRE principles including monitoring, alerting, error budgets, fault analysis, and automation.
• Strong sense of ownership and desire to communicate and collaborate with other engineers and teams.
• Ability to identify and communicate technical and architectural problems.

• Build and support highly available customer-facing services.
• Collaborate deeply with product development teams to ensure service reliability.
• Implement automation to improve system performance and reliability.
• Manage the end-to-end software development lifecycle of products.
• Identify and communicate technical and architectural problems while working with partners to find solutions.
• Utilize data and automation as first principles in service management.

• Employees at Apple are often offered comprehensive benefits that support physical and mental well-being—flexible medical plans, confidential counseling, onsite wellness centers at major campuses, and resources for fitness and daily life. Families typically receive fertility support, paid parental leave with gradual return, caregiving leave, and dependent-care guidance, while financial perks commonly include stock grants (with purchase discounts), 401(k) matching, and income-protection coverage. Employees also see robust time off, Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement, donation matching and paid volunteer hours, and deep product and partner discounts.