Senior Service Reliability Engineer - Apple Data Platform

The Apple Services Engineering team (ASE) is seeking a Senior Service Reliability Engineer to join their Apple Data Platform team. This role is crucial in maintaining mission-critical cloud systems with constant uptime and seamless scaling. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated with a passion for excellence, working closely with developers and architects to improve stability, security, and scalability.

As part of ASE, you'll be working with the team that powers major Apple services including the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books. These services operate at massive scale, delivering entertainment to more than 150 countries in over 35 languages. The team builds secure, end-to-end solutions, developing custom software for creative work processing, provider tools, server-side systems, and APIs for various Apple services.

Your responsibilities will include managing production environments, automating deployments, working with multiple cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), and implementing RESTful/RPC services. You'll be involved in critical operations like capacity planning, scale testing, and disaster recovery, while maintaining strong relationships with internal teams and external vendors.

This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of art and technology, contributing to Apple's integrated approach to hardware, software, and services. You'll be part of a small, multi-functional team that maintains Apple's core value of privacy while delivering services at unprecedented scale.