Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Apple Services Engineering / iCloud / PCC
AppleSenior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Apple Services Engineering / iCloud / PCC
AppleLocation
Seattle, WA
Type
Full-time
Posted
10/15/2026
Compensation
Not listed
Job description
The Apple Service Engineering - iCloud SRE team is seeking Site Reliability Engineers to build and maintain services used by millions of customers daily. This role involves ensuring the availability, scalability, and security of foundational services like iCloud, iMessage, and FaceTime. Candidates should possess strong software development skills alongside expertise in Linux, systems, and cloud environments. The team emphasizes collaboration and problem-solving to deliver effective engineering solutions.
Requirements
- Strong sense of ownership, customer service, and integrity demonstrated through clear communication.
- Experience in building and scaling distributed systems in a public, private, or hybrid cloud environment.
- Experience with deploying, supporting, and monitoring new and existing services, platforms, and application stacks.
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Proven track record to write programs using a high-level programming language like Java, Go, Python, or Perl.
- Experience handling large numbers of diverse systems with configuration management systems like Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or Salt.
- Understanding of the Linux Operating System, including Kernel, Memory, Process, Threads, Static/Shared Libraries, IPC, Signals.
- BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent employment.
Responsibilities
- Own the full infrastructure stack from device driver performance debugging to content delivery network traffic management.
- Solve problems using data, teamwork, and expertise.
- Collaborate closely with development teams to deliver optimal results.
- Eliminate repetitive manual processes using automation and improve them through iteration.
- Engage in scale testing, disaster recovery, and capacity planning.
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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