About the role

What will you do at Apple?

At Apple, we build systems that power services used by hundreds of millions of

people around the world, and every second counts. The Services Engineering

organization is at the heart of this mission, ensuring our platforms are

performant, secure, and always available. We're seeking a technically strong

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our growing team, focused on the future

of traffic management, load balancing, and secure networking infrastructure.

You’ll play a key role in shaping the next generation of how services

communicate securely and efficiently across Apple’s global ecosystem. This isn’t

just about keeping systems up, it’s about redefining how traffic flows through

one of the world’s most critical networks. Our team owns a foundational platform

that service teams across Apple depend on for high availability, performance,

and security. From intelligent routing to secure TLS termination, we’re building

scalable infrastructure solutions that empower internal developers while

protecting user privacy and system integrity.

DESCRIPTION

As a Reliability Engineer, you’ll work closely with engineering teams in North

America and Europe, contributing to a globally distributed system that operates

24x7 at immense scale. You’ll have the opportunity to design, automate, and

operate core networking services that underpin Apple’s most important products.

Responsibilities

include : - Design, build, and operate highly available
infrastructure systems for traffic routing, load balancing, and secure
connectivity at global scale. - Collaborate with development teams to influence
architecture, improve observability, and embed SRE best practices across the
SDLC. - Respond to incidents when needed (on-call rotation), but spend most of
your time preventing them through proactive engineering, monitoring, and system
improvements. - Evaluate emerging technologies and drive innovation that pushes
the boundaries of what’s possible in secure, high-performance networking. -
Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement: write clear documentation,
conduct blameless postmortems, and help define SLOs that align with business
impact. - Help mentor teammates and share knowledge across a growing
international SRE community. This is an individual contributor (IC) role with
strong technical leadership potential. You’ll solve hard problems hands-on while
helping shape the future direction of our platform and Apple’s broader SRE
practices.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
3+ years of experience in traffic management, networking infrastructure, or
distributed systems. 3+ years of software engineering or reliability engineering
experience Bachelor of Science in relevant engineering disciplines
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Are proficient in at least one modern programming or scripting language (e.g.,
Golang, Rust, Python, Java, bash) and have a track record of shipping
production-grade tooling or services. Understand the internals of load
balancing, TLS, and secure network communications, especially in large-scale
environments. Thrive in dynamic situations: whether responding to critical
incidents or designing long-term solutions, you know when to act and when to
align. Believe automation is a first-class responsibility, not an afterthought.
Past work might include automating deployments, alert triage, certificate
rotation, or self-service workflows. Communicate clearly and work effectively
across time zones and disciplines. You’ll engage regularly with teams in North
America, requiring thoughtful planning around collaboration rhythms. Are
passionate about operational excellence and continuously setting the standard
for reliability, performance, and security. Experience with cloud-native proxies
or service mesh technologies. Hands-on involvement with DevOps culture, CI/CD
pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code. Proven success delivering robust,
diagnosable systems in 24x7 customer-facing environments. A mindset of lifelong
learning and sharing, contributing diverse perspectives to technical discussions
and team growth.

Which skills does this role require?

Traffic ManagementNetworking InfrastructureDistributed SystemsSoftware EngineeringReliability EngineeringLoad BalancingSecure NetworkingNetworkingSite Reliability EngineeringMonitoringObservabilityIncident ResponseDocumentationGo

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