About the role

What will you do at Apple?

People at Apple don’t just build products — they craft experiences our customers

love and depend on. Apple Services Engineering (ASE) builds and supports the

systems that make many of these daily experiences possible. If you’ve used Apple

products, you’ve likely interacted with us. Apple Services Site Reliability

Engineering (SRE) teams are responsible for the systems and services that

directly support those customers and their experiences. We are looking for an

SRE with experience in building and supporting highly available customer-facing

services.

DESCRIPTION

Apple Services’ scale is BIG. Operating at our scale, across multiple

geographies and servicing hundreds of millions of users presents unique

challenges. As a Software Developer in SRE at Apple, you'll need to solve these

problems using data, teamwork, and your own expertise. ASE Products Site

Reliability teams are responsible for the reliability and performance of the

server software stack that powers products like iCloud Photos, Mail, Drive,

Backup and many more. We do that by focusing on reliability best practices from

service inception to production, collaborating deeply with product development

teams to deliver a superlative product and shared vision while leveraging data

and automation as first principles. We run a mix of open source, vendor

licensed, and internally developed tools to manage the end to end SDLC of our

products. You'll learn these tools and have opportunities to improve them.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

5+ years in a Infrastructure Ops, Site Reliability Engineering, or DevOps

focused role. BS degree in computer science or equivalent field with 5+ years of

experience. Knowledge of Linux operating system principles, networking

fundamentals, and systems management. Demonstrable fluency in at least one of

the following languages: Java, Python, or Go. Experience in managing and scaling

distributed systems in a public, private, or hybrid cloud environment.

Familiarity with micro-services architecture and container orchestration with

Kubernetes. Awareness of key security principles including encryption, keys

(types and exchange protocols). Understanding of SRE principals including

monitoring, alerting, error budgets, fault analysis, and automation. Strong

sense of ownership, with a desire to communicate and collaborate with other

engineers and teams. Ability to identify and communicate technical and

architectural problems, while working with partners and their team to

iteratively find solutions.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience implementing automation Scripting experience in Python Enjoy building

partnerships

Which skills does this role require?

Site Reliability EngineeringLinuxNetworkingJavaGoDistributed SystemsCloud ComputingKubernetesMicro-servicesMonitoringAlertingFault AnalysisSecurity PrinciplesEncryptioniCloudApple Services EngineeringInfrastructure OpsDevOpsCloudError BudgetsSDLCSoftware DevelopmentSystem ManagementContainer OrchestrationSecurity

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