Job Details

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Manager - Apple Services Engineering

Seattle, Washington, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: May 01, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200602617

People at Apple don’t just build products — they craft the kind of experience that has revolutionized entire industries. The diverse collection of our people and their ideas inspire innovation in everything we do. Imagine what you could do here! Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it.

The Apple Services Engineering(ASE) team builds and provides systems and infrastructure that power Apple’s services (such as iCloud, iTunes, Siri, and Maps). We are the foundation on which Apple’s software developers build the products that our customers love. Our services have to scale globally, stay highly available, and "just work.” If you love designing, engineering and running systems and infrastructure that will help millions of customers, then this is the place for you!

Description

Apple Service Engineering (ASE)’s Compute team is seeking highly motivated individual with strong technical and communication skills to join us in on our quest to build and enhance massive clusters hosting Virtual Machines, Containers and associated infrastructure that can scale to meet the demands of Apple’s Services offerings. You will work with world-class engineers on core components of Virtualization and Containerization technologies, customize it to help fit Apple’s diverse needs, and engage with the upstream community to drive Apple’s requirements. Ultimately, you will help build the platform that delivers our applications at scale to our end users.

As a Compute Site Reliability Engineering manager, you will be leading a team responsible for providing the platform for mission-critical cloud systems to maintain constant uptime, scale seamlessly, and allow for new applications and services to flourish.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of overall industry experience with 10+ years building & leading high-performing engineering teams with a focus on cloud computing

• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS (EC2, ECS, EKS, AWS Batch), Azure (Virtual Machines, AKS, and Azure Batch), or Google Cloud (GCE, GKE and Cloud Batch) is highly desirable

• Experience managing enterprise services in a large-scale *nix environment

• Experience operating large-scale multi-tenant infrastructure as a managed service

• Understanding of cloud computing architectures, systems design and performance optimization

• Skilled at working cross-functionally to achieve project success

• Desire to build, grow and mentor a team

• Strong philosophy of continuous improvement

• Strong sense of ownership wanting to understand how things work and resolve root causes

• Ability to encourage and foster a culture of visibility and transparency across teams

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Technical (Engineering or Computer Science) BS/MS degree or equivalent work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Automation advocate - you truly believe in removing operational load via software

• Self-motivated, inquisitive, and always looking to learn more

• Design and deploy VM and container infrastructure using platforms such as KVM, Qemu, AWS, or Google Cloud.

• Experience with Openstack or Cloudstack

• Experience with Puppet or Chef

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $208,300 and $313,000, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.Learn more about Apple Benefits. (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html)

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation.

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