About the role

What will you do at Apple?

At Apple, we focus deeply on our customers’ experience. Apple Ads brings this

same approach to advertising, helping people find exactly what they’re looking

for and helping advertisers grow their businesses. Our technology powers ads and

sponsorships across Apple Services, including the App Store, Maps, Apple News,

and MLS Season Pass. Everything we do is designed for trust, connection, and

impact: We respect user privacy, integrate advertising thoughtfully into the

experience, and deliver value for advertisers of all sizes—from small app

developers to big, global brands. Because when advertising is done right, it

benefits everyone.

DESCRIPTION

As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for providing the

platform for mission-critical ad-tech systems to maintain constant uptime, scale

seamlessly, and allow for new applications and services to flourish. The

successful candidate will be highly self-motivated and passionate about

excellence, quality, and detail. The SRE will not only support operations but

also work closely with the developers and architects within the team to aid in

the design and assist with the implementation to improve stability, security,

and scalability.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

3+ years of experience supporting internet-facing production systems and

distributed cloud infrastructure. Strong programming skills in at least one of:

Python, Go, or Java. Proven expertise with AWS-managed infrastructure Hands-on

experience with Linux systems and deep knowledge of its internals. Demonstrated

experience with Infrastructure as Code, especially Terraform. Strong foundation

in SRE concepts: Monitoring, alerting, and observability, incident response and

root cause analysis, error budgets, SLAs/SLOs, and system reliability

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Demonstrated experience designing, building, or integrating AI/LLM-powered

tooling and automations Passion for customer privacy Built tools or services

that automate platform operations, reduce toil, or improve cost efficiency.

Experience managing Kubernetes clusters at scale in production environments.

Hands-on experience troubleshooting distributed systems under real-world load.

Experience building and operating infrastructure at scale. Experience building

solutions that reduces friction in software delivery. Clear communication skills

and comfort collaborating across engineering, infrastructure, and product teams.

AWS certifications or broad experience across multiple AWS services is a plus.

Which skills does this role require?

Site Reliability EngineeringPythonGoJavaLinuxTerraformInfrastructure as CodeMonitoringAlertingObservabilityIncident ResponseAutomationCloud InfrastructureApple AdsAd-techRoot Cause AnalysisSLAsSLOsScalabilitySecurityProduction SystemsReliabilityLLMs

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