Site Reliability Engineer, Apple Ads

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cupertino, CA
Salary: $150,400–$225,300 / yr
Posted: 52 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

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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, Apple Ads

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The Site Reliability Engineer, Apple Ads joins the team responsible for mission-critical ad-tech systems powering ads and sponsorships across Apple Services. In this role, you will build and operate distributed systems to maintain constant uptime, scale seamlessly, and support new applications. You will develop internal tooling and automation frameworks to improve infrastructure reliability, cost-efficiency, and operational visibility. Key responsibilities include designing and maintaining resilient infrastructure using Terraform, GitOps workflows, and Kubernetes-native control planes like Argo CD, Flux, and Helm. You will utilize AWS managed services including EKS, MSK, and ElastiCache while leveraging Python, Go, or Java. The role requires deep Linux knowledge and expertise in SRE concepts such as monitoring, alerting, observability, incident response, and root cause analysis to solve complex production stability issues.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn in California?

Median $204625 from 62 postings across 15 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 Monitoring Observability Distributed Systems

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, GitOps workflows, and Kubernetes-native control planes.
Troubleshoot complex issues and collaborate with engineering teams to define infrastructure architecture.
Lead incident response efforts and conduct postmortems to drive continuous improvement.
Provision and manage production infrastructure to ensure constant uptime and seamless scalability.
Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions to maintain system reliability.

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).
AWS certifications or broad experience across multiple AWS services (preferred).

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