Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Apple Data Platform SRE / Apple Services Engineering

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Cupertino, CA
Salary
$181,100–$318,400 / yr
Posted
2 days ago

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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 · Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Apple Data Platform SRE / Apple Services Engineering

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Apple Data Platform SRE within Apple Services Engineering, you will serve as a technical lead, mentoring engineers and driving reliability standards across large-scale analytics infrastructure. Your daily responsibilities include setting SLO frameworks, conducting architectural reviews, developing shared observability tools, and managing production on-call duties. You will work with Hadoop, HBase, Spark, Data Lakes, and Airflow ecosystems, using Python and Golang to build mission-critical automation and tools. This role requires extensive experience in SRE and technical leadership, expertise in data platform technologies, and strong communication skills to influence engineering practices across the organization.

What you'll do

  • Serve as SRE Technical Lead across ADP, ensuring reliability standards are consistently applied.
  • Define and drive adoption of SLO frameworks and incident management practices for ADP services.
  • Provide architectural review and reliability guidance for new services and major platform changes.
  • Develop shared observability and automation tooling that benefits multiple ADP teams simultaneously.
  • Mentor SRE engineers across teams, fostering a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering at scale
  • 5+ years of technical leadership with horizontal influence across teams
  • Expertise in Hadoop, HBase, Spark, Data Lakes, S3-compatible storage, and Airflow
  • Experience defining and driving SLO frameworks and reliability practices
  • Programming skills in Python and Golang for developing shared tooling
  • Strong communication skills to present technical strategy to various audiences

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