The Technical Lead for the Apple Data Platform (ADP) SRE organization will apply Site Reliability Engineering principles to mentor and partner with engineers, ensuring the reliability and efficiency of large-scale analytics infrastructure. This role emphasizes driving reliability standards and engineering excellence across various teams, including those working with Hadoop, HBase, Spark, and Airflow. The Technical Lead will set the technical direction for reliability practices and develop shared tooling and operational practices. This position also includes production on-call responsibilities.

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent
• 12+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, managing infrastructure and services at scale
• 5+ years of experience in technical leadership roles, with demonstrated ability to lead horizontally across teams without direct authority
• Broad expertise across the data platform stack, including Hadoop, HBase, Apache Spark, Data Lake architectures, S3-compatible storage solutions, and Apache Airflow
• History of defining and driving SLO/error budget frameworks and reliability practices across multiple teams or services
• Demonstrable programming skills to develop shared tooling, lead code reviews, and set engineering standards
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to present technical strategy to both engineers and leadership
• Advanced knowledge of Linux, networking, and distributed systems fundamentals

• Apply SRE principles to mentor and partner with engineers and partner teams.
• Drive reliability standards, architectural consistency, and engineering excellence across peer SRE teams.
• Define SLOs and establish architectural review processes.
• Develop shared tooling and automation to enhance reliability practices.
• Ensure consistent application of SRE principles as the platform scales.
• Collaborate with multiple SRE and engineering teams across the data platform.
• Take on production on-call responsibilities.

• 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.