Site Reliability Engineer

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cupertino, CA
Salary: $150,400–$225,300 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $188k

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This role pays less than 63% of similar roles. Most pay $174,400–$231,300 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $188k versus about $203k 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

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TL;DR · Site Reliability Engineer

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Site Reliability Engineer, Apple Ads joins the team responsible for mission-critical ad-tech systems that power advertisements and sponsorships across various services. In this role, you will build and operate distributed systems while developing internal tooling and automation frameworks to improve infrastructure reliability, cost-efficiency, and operational visibility. You will collaborate with developers and architects to design, provision, and maintain resilient infrastructure using Terraform, GitOps workflows, and Kubernetes-native control planes like Argo CD, Flux, Helm, kro, ACK, and Crossplane. The role requires proficiency in Python, Go, or Java, along with deep knowledge of Linux internals and AWS managed services including EKS, MSK, and ElastiCache. You will manage incident response, perform root cause analysis, and ensure system stability for high-scale production environments while focusing on core SRE principles like monitoring, alerting, and observability.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 56 postings across 16 companies.

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Skills

AWS Kubernetes Terraform Python Go Java EKS MSK ElastiCache GitOps Argo CD Flux Helm Crossplane Linux Infrastructure as Code SRE Monitoring Observability

What you'll do

Build and operate distributed systems using AWS managed services like EKS, MSK, and ElastiCache.
Develop internal tooling and automation frameworks to improve infrastructure reliability and cost-efficiency.
Design and maintain resilient infrastructure using Terraform and GitOps workflows for automated reconciliation.
Manage Kubernetes clusters at scale in production environments.
Lead incident response efforts and conduct postmortems to drive continuous improvement cycles.
Troubleshoot complex issues and distributed systems under real-world load.
Collaborate with developers and architects to improve system stability, security, and scalability.

What we're looking for

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 including monitoring, alerting, observability, incident response, and SLAs/SLOs.
Experience managing Kubernetes clusters at scale in production environments (preferred).
Experience designing or integrating AI/LLM-powered tooling and automations (preferred); AWS certifications are a plus (preferred).