Database Systems SRE, ASE Cassandra SRE

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$142,300–$263,300 / yr
Posted
107 days ago
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This role $203k
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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

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TL;DR · Database Systems SRE, ASE Cassandra SRE

As a Database Systems SRE, ASE Cassandra SRE, you will join the ASE Cassandra SRE team to develop and contribute to software managing Apache Cassandra, an open-source distributed database powering critical internet services. You will build applications and tooling for maintenance automation, backup service application, monitoring, alerting, and deployment architecture while contributing upstream patches focused on stability, performance, and scaling. The role requires expertise in core SRE concepts like incident management, performance engineering, and system-level hardware and networking components across bare metal, virtualized, and containerized platforms. You will utilize Java, Go, or Python to manage large-scale infrastructure. The work involves solving complex problems in distributed systems and multi-datacenter architectures, ensuring the reliability of high-traffic data services. This role demands deep knowledge of consistency models, isolation levels, and wide-area networking within a distributed database environment.

What you'll do

  • Develop and contribute to software used to manage Apache Cassandra distributed databases at scale.
  • Build automation tools for maintenance, backup services, monitoring, and alerting dashboards.
  • Contribute upstream patches to the database to improve stability, performance, and scaling.
  • Perform deep-dive troubleshooting and performance engineering using profile-guided optimization techniques.
  • Manage services across bare metal, virtualized (EC2), and containerized (Kubernetes) platforms.
  • Design and manage multi-datacenter systems considering networking topologies and failure domains.
  • Support internet-facing production services through active incident management and on-call rotations.

What we're looking for

  • BS or MS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
  • 7+ years of experience in a Site Reliability Engineering Infrastructure focused role.
  • Experience supporting internet-facing production services and distributed systems via deployments, on-call, and incident management.
  • Experience running large-scale infrastructure with a heavy reliance on automation tooling.
  • Proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages: Java, Go (golang), or Python.
  • Operational experience managing services at scale on Kubernetes.
  • Experience deploying and running systems on Datacenter and Cloud architectures including networking topologies and multi-datacenter designs.
  • Expertise in troubleshooting, performance deep dive analysis, and core SRE concepts like monitoring and alerting.

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