The Apple Service Engineering – Data Streaming SRE team is seeking Site Reliability Engineers to develop processes, tools, and automation for managing distributed systems in production environments. This role involves building and running large-scale, fault-tolerant systems that ensure Apple's services are reliable and secure. Engineers will collaborate with various teams to create platforms that can rapidly scale and serve data with low latencies. The position requires a strong technical background and a collaborative spirit to tackle complex engineering challenges.

• 5 or more years of experience in support of internet-facing production services and distributed systems via deployments, On Call and Incident Management.
• 5 or more years of experience running large scale infrastructure with a heavy reliance on automation tooling.
• 5 or more years of experience troubleshooting and performance deep dive analysis.
• Real operational experience managing services at scale on Kubernetes.
• Proficient in one or more of the following programming languages: Java, Go (golang), Python.
• Operational experience deploying in and running on Datacenter and Cloud architectures.
• Self motivated, inquisitive with an aptitude to learn new technologies quickly and effectively.
• Demonstrated expertise developing and troubleshooting distributed systems and database storage engines.
• Experience developing critical internet services and/or platform infrastructure.
• Experience with AWS, GCP and IaC such as Terraform.
• Experience managing messaging services such as Kafka or other Data services.

• Develop applications and tooling that are safe, reliable, scalable, and fast.
• Contribute to all major components of Kafka deployment infrastructure.
• Create maintenance automation and control plane enhancements.
• Implement monitoring and alerting tooling/dashboards.
• Focus on safety, stability, performance, and scaling in deployment architecture.
• Collaborate with engineers across Apple to define metrics and set targets.
• Uncover optimization opportunities and ship services that delight customers.
• Engage in deep technical engineering across large cross-organizational projects.

• 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.