Job Details

Data Platform SRE Manager

Cupertino, California, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: Apr 16, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200599876

People at Apple don’t just build products — they craft the kind of experience that have revolutionized entire industries. The diverse collection of our people and their ideas inspire innovation in everything we do. Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish!

The Apple Media Services Engineering group is looking for a Senior Manager committed to lead our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team dedicated to our Apple Data Platform. Whether you’re thinking Site or Service, this SRE organization has ownership of it all. We’re as actively involved in the design of the platform, its evolution and overall availability, reliability and scalability. Our SREs are experts on our services from the software running down to the hardware used.

Description

As the Senior Manager you will shape the future of the Apple Data Platform SRE team by being both a product centric and engineering minded leader. You will be responsible for the quality of the customer experience in production and in the ideation, design, and development of what’s to come. You will have a proven ability to solve problems whether they require a rapid response or a long term strategy.

You will know when to make a critical decision or gain cross functional consensus. Responsibilities will include:

Building software and systems to manage services and applications through automation

Deployment support and monitoring of existing and new services, platforms, and application stacks

Measurement and optimization of service performance

Explore and evaluate new technologies and solutions to push our capabilities forward and solve tomorrow’s problems, not just today’s

Minimum Qualifications

• 10 years of software engineering experience

• 5 years of software engineering management experience

• Bachelor of Science in relevant engineering disciplines

Preferred Qualifications

• Track record of building and running high-performance teams

• Experience with distributed systems in a production operations environment

• Advanced experience with programming and/or scripting languages (Golang, Python, Java, bash)

• Experience with DevOps tools, processes, and culture

• Demonstrated ability to deliver solutions that are easily maintainable, understandable, and diagnosable

• Able to write clear and consumable documentation

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work optimally across multiple business and technical teams

• Demonstrated ability to deliver results on time with high quality

• Extensive experience leading customer facing systems in a high uptime 24/7 environment

• Passionate about leading a global 24/7 engineering organization

• A consistent track record of automation

• Lifelong learner who fosters diversity of thought in their approach to management

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 $252,400 and $378,700, 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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