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Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Apple

Location

Cupertino, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/26/2026

Compensation

Not listed

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

Job description

The Media Platforms SRE team at Apple is responsible for designing, building, and running services that manage media content across various products like the App Store and Apple Music. This team combines art and technology to deliver high-performance solutions while maintaining a strong commitment to privacy. Engineers in this role will work on secure, end-to-end systems and collaborate closely with development teams to create new services. The focus is on automation, reliability, and transitioning to modern cloud infrastructure.

Requirements

  • BS degree in computer science or equivalent field with 6+ years experience or MS degree in computer science or equivalent field with 4+ years experience
  • At least 6 years in a Reliability Engineering, DevOps or infrastructure focused role
  • Advanced experience with programming languages such as Golang, Python, Java, or C++
  • Deep systems and infrastructure knowledge
  • Excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills
  • Familiarity with microservices architecture and container orchestration with Kubernetes
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver results on time with high quality
  • Experience with deploying, supporting and monitoring new and existing services, platforms, and application stacks

Responsibilities

  • Design and build secure, end-to-end solutions for media content management
  • Ensure systems are highly available, fast, and efficient
  • Interact with a diverse range of system types including public facing web and API services
  • Develop tooling and infrastructure to support automation in SRE
  • Transition bare metal fleet to modern cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes micro-services
  • Collaborate closely with development teams to design and build new services

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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