Site Reliability Engineer, Edge Services, Infrastructure Services

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Denver, CO
Salary
$134,700–$249,500 / yr
Posted
116 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Similar $179k
This role $192k
$121k most similar roles pay here $263k

This role pays more than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $144,350–$214,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $192k versus about $179k 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, Edge Services, Infrastructure Services

As a Site Reliability Engineer (Edge Services) within the Infrastructure Services team, you will treat operations as a software problem by building self-healing systems and reducing toil through aggressive automation. You will design and implement a next-generation observability and alerting strategy that prioritizes high-cardinality data to ensure services are resilient and scalable. Your daily work involves baking reliability into CI/CD pipelines and partnering with development teams to mitigate performance bottlenecks before they impact users. The role requires expertise in Linux internals, networking protocols like HTTP/2, HTTP/3 (QUIC), and HTTPS/TLS, alongside proficiency in Python or Go. You will manage monitoring suites including Prometheus, Grafana, and ClickHouse while utilizing Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi for cloud environments. Additionally, you will leverage Kubernetes for containerized workloads and integrate Generative AI tools into SRE workflows to enhance debugging and triage capabilities.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn?

Median $186200 from 131 postings across 36 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and implement a next-generation observability and alerting strategy using high-cardinality data.
  • Build self-healing systems and reduce operational toil through aggressive automation of repetitive tasks.
  • Integrate reliability measures into the CI/CD pipeline to proactively identify performance bottlenecks.
  • Debug protocol-level issues and optimize traffic flow for HTTP/2, HTTP/3 (QUIC), and HTTPS/TLS.
  • Manage and scale containerized workloads using Kubernetes in cloud environments.
  • Conduct blameless post-mortems to derive insights and harden systems against future failures.
  • Develop AI-assisted debugging and triage workflows to encode institutional knowledge into automated processes.
  • Consult with product teams on service design to improve long-term maintainability and reliability.

What we're looking for

  • A B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field is required, or equivalent professional experience.
  • Deep networking expertise and understanding of Linux internals are required, including HTTP/2, HTTP/3 (QUIC), and HTTPS/TLS.
  • Proven ability to automate repetitive tasks and complex workflows using Python or Go.
  • Experience configuring and managing modern monitoring suites like Prometheus, Grafana, and ClickHouse for high-signal alerting.
  • Proficiency in Data Structures and Algorithms to write performant code and troubleshoot system bottlenecks.
  • Practical knowledge of SLIs, SLOs, Error Budgets, Release Management, and Incident Management.
  • Experience managing cloud environments using Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi is preferred.
  • Hands-on experience scaling and securing containerized workloads via Kubernetes is preferred.

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