Senior Site Reliability Engineer

A global technology company that designs, manufactures, and sells consumer electronics, software, and services.
$175,800 - $312,200
Site Reliability
Senior Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
3+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS

Description For Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Apple's Media Platforms SRE team is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join their dynamic Software and Services division. This role sits at the intersection of technology and entertainment, supporting massive-scale platforms including the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books.

The position offers a unique opportunity to work on systems that serve content in over 35 languages across more than 150 countries. You'll be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining highly available services that handle media content ingestion, transformation, and management across Apple's major products including Apple Fitness+ and Apple TV+.

As an SRE, you'll work with diverse system types, from public-facing developer services like App Store Connect & TestFlight to sophisticated pipeline-based transformation systems handling iOS binary processing and media transcoding. The role involves close collaboration with development teams, emphasizing a culture of shared ownership and innovation.

The team is currently undertaking an exciting transition from bare metal infrastructure to Kubernetes microservices, offering the opportunity to work with cutting-edge observability tools and monitoring platforms. You'll be instrumental in ensuring system reliability, performance, and efficiency at scale.

The position offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the chance to work with state-of-the-art technology. You'll be part of a forward-thinking, cross-functional team that maintains a strong commitment to Apple's core values, particularly privacy and security.

This role is perfect for someone who is passionate about reliability engineering, has strong programming skills, and wants to make an impact on services used by millions of people daily. You'll have the opportunity to work on challenging technical problems while contributing to the evolution of Apple's service infrastructure.

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Responsibilities For Senior Site Reliability Engineer

  • Design, build and run services that ingest, transform and manage media content
  • Ensure systems are highly available, fast and efficient
  • Work with public facing web & API developer services
  • Manage pipeline based transformation systems
  • Help transition bare metal fleet to Kubernetes microservices
  • Work with observability tools and monitoring platforms

Requirements For Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Go
Python
Java
Kubernetes
  • BS or MS degree in computer science
  • 3+ years of experience coding with programming languages such as Golang, Python, Java, C++
  • Experience in and passion for a Reliability Engineering, DevOps or infrastructure focused role
  • Deep systems and infrastructure knowledge
  • Excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills

Benefits For Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
401k
Equity
Education Budget
Relocation Benefits
  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Employee stock programs
  • Education reimbursement
  • Discretionary bonuses
  • Relocation benefits
  • Employee discount on products
  • Free services

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