JobsStorage Site Reliability Engineer - Apple Service Engineering
Storage Site Reliability Engineer - Apple Service Engineering
AppleStorage Site Reliability Engineer - Apple Service Engineering
AppleLocation
Seattle, WA
Type
Full-time
Posted
5/8/2026
Compensation
Not listed
Undergraduate with 2+ Years of Experience
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·FY 2025Job description
The Storage Site Reliability Engineer will join the Apple Services Engineering team, focusing on building and operating reliable, scalable storage infrastructure. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance automation, observability, and incident response. The engineer will contribute to various aspects of storage deployment infrastructure, ensuring stability and performance as the platform scales. A passion for large-scale distributed systems and a customer-focused mindset are essential for success in this position.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or infrastructure engineering
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
- Experience designing, building, or operating storage systems
- 2+ years of programming experience in Rust, C++, Java, or C#
- Experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or Perl
- Strong understanding of operating systems fundamentals including multithreading, memory management, networking, storage, performance, and scalability
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related engineering field, or equivalent practical experience
- Excellent knowledge of software testing methodologies and practices
- Deep understanding of core computer science concepts including data structures, algorithms, and concurrency
- Solid grasp of distributed systems fundamentals such as fault tolerance, consistency, and distributed rate limiting
- Experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems such as databases or storage platforms
- Proficient with UNIX/Linux
Responsibilities
- Help build and operate reliable, scalable storage infrastructure
- Partner with cross-functional teams to design and implement automation
- Improve observability and strengthen incident response
- Enhance the overall reliability of the platform
- Contribute to maintenance automation, backup and recovery services, and monitoring tooling
- Shape the evolution of the platform as it scales by orders of magnitude
Benefits
- 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.
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