SRE Software Engineer

Apple Inc

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Austin, TX
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95 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 · SRE Software Engineer

The SRE Software Engineer joins the Apple Services Engineering Compute team to deploy and manage a large-scale, multi-tenant Kubernetes platform. This role involves developing controllers and namespace management infrastructure while partnering with engineering teams to solve complex problems using open-source and in-house tooling. Daily responsibilities include maintaining operational tooling, implementing reliability standards like SLOs and error budgets, and managing CI/CD pipelines and configuration management. The engineer will troubleshoot production issues, enforce security hardening, and build AI-assisted tooling for infrastructure automation. Required technical skills include Linux systems administration, containerization with RHEL or CentOS, and proficiency in Python or Go. Candidates should also possess knowledge of networking concepts, Git, and configuration management tools like Puppet or Ansible to support global service infrastructure.

What you'll do

  • Deploy, configure, and maintain large-scale, multi-tenant Kubernetes environments.
  • Write and maintain operational tooling to improve reliability and reduce manual intervention.
  • Implement and maintain platform reliability standards including SLOs, error budgets, and alerting.
  • Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, revision control workflows, and configuration management practices.
  • Participate in on-call rotations to troubleshoot production issues and complete post-incident actions.
  • Enforce security best practices, OS hardening, and compliance standards across the fleet.
  • Develop AI-assisted tooling to accelerate triage, operational workflows, and infrastructure automation.

What we're looking for

  • Hands-on experience in Linux systems administration and containerization with enterprise distributions like RHEL, Oracle Linux, or CentOS.
  • Proficiency in Python or Go for scripting and tooling.
  • Solid understanding of Linux fundamentals including file systems, process management, and package management.
  • Working knowledge of networking concepts including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, and basic firewall configuration.
  • Experience with version control systems such as Git and configuration management tools like Puppet or Ansible.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure focused experience (preferred).
  • Experience with third-party cloud platforms, container orchestration, or cloud-native observability tools (preferred).

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