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Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Apple Data Platform SRE / Apple Services Engineering

Apple

Location

Cupertino, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

8/29/2026

Compensation

Not listed

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.0% approval+30% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer role at Apple focuses on applying SRE principles to manage and optimize petabyte-scale analytics infrastructure. The position is part of the Apple Data Platform SRE organization, which ensures the reliability and efficiency of both bare-metal and cloud-based infrastructure. The role involves mentoring engineers, managing infrastructure, and maintaining operational excellence across distributed data platforms. This position also includes production on-call responsibilities to support 24x7 operations.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, managing infrastructure and services at scale
  • 5+ years of experience in management or technical leadership roles
  • Demonstrable programming skills to both develop software/tools and lead code reviews
  • Experience managing Hadoop and Kubernetes infrastructure and related services
  • Advanced knowledge of Linux, Networking, and Containers
  • Experience with scale testing, disaster recovery, and capacity planning
  • Ability to define the technical roadmap for infrastructure and drive cross-functional alignment on architectural standards and best practices

Responsibilities

  • Apply SRE principles to mentor and partner with engineers and partner teams
  • Manage bare-metal and cloud-based infrastructure for analytics
  • Analyze and optimize performance of the infrastructure
  • Plan and execute long-term fleet management logistics and capacity planning
  • Maintain operational excellence across distributed data platforms
  • Collaborate with peer SRE teams and software engineering teams to support infrastructure reliability
  • Ensure smooth 24x7 operations for ADP customers

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.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Apple Inc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

1,065

FY2026

Approval rate

99.0%

FY2026

LCA certified

9,221

FY2026

Entry-level share

5.6%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

+30%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-35%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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