Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Cupertino, CA
Salary
$184,700–$277,600 / yr
Posted
158 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $231k
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This role pays more than 81% of similar roles. Most pay $162,000–$221,600 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $231k versus about $192k for comparable roles.

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About Apple Inc

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

Apple Inc currently has 1984 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Senior Site Reliability Engineer - ASE / iCloud joins the Apple Services Engineering team to ensure the reliability and performance of the server software stack powering products like iCloud Photos, Mail, Drive, and Backup. This role involves engaging with product teams to design and implement resilient, scalable infrastructure solutions while operating, monitoring, and triaging production environments. The engineer will develop automation for provisioning, configuration, and deployment, participate in on-call rotations, and contribute to capacity planning and disaster recovery exercises. Key technical requirements include proficiency in Linux operating system principles, networking fundamentals, and systems management. Candidates must demonstrate fluency in Java, Python, or Go, alongside experience with distributed systems, micro-services architecture, and Kubernetes container orchestration. The role also requires knowledge of security principles like encryption and keys to maintain high availability for customer-facing services.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 54 postings across 15 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and implement resilient, scalable infrastructure solutions based on product team requirements.
  • Operate, monitor, and triage all aspects of production and non-production environments.
  • Develop and implement automation for provisioning, configuring, deploying, and monitoring services.
  • Evaluate and integrate new technologies to improve system reliability, security, and performance.
  • Provide hands-on technical expertise during service-impacting events as part of an on-call rotation.
  • Contribute to capacity planning, scale testing, and disaster recovery exercises.
  • Solve operational problems using a software engineering mindset.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor of Science degree in computer science or an equivalent field.
  • 5+ years of experience in Infrastructure Operations, Site Reliability Engineering, or DevOps roles.
  • Knowledge of Linux operating system principles, networking fundamentals, and systems management.
  • Fluency in at least one programming language: Java, Python, or Go.
  • Experience managing and scaling distributed systems in public, private, or hybrid cloud environments.
  • Familiarity with microservices architecture and container orchestration using Kubernetes.
  • Awareness of security principles including encryption and key exchange protocols.
  • Understanding of SRE principles such as monitoring, alerting, error budgets, fault analysis, and automation.

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