Job Details

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Data Analytics

San Diego, California, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: Jun 25, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200599084-3543

At Apple, our Data Analytics team focuses on improving the user experience by improving operating system stability, gathering feature usage telemetry, and evaluating device performance. This requires capturing data from customers who have given consent, utilizes strong privacy preserving techniques, and entails aggregating information, all to help inform direction. We develop and operate a variety of Big Data infrastructure products and applications in support of these goals.

Description

Join Apple's Mission-Critical Analytics Team as a Site Reliability Engineer

Are you energized by solving large-scale infrastructure challenges that directly impact millions of users? We're seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to join our data analytics team, where your work will be essential to keeping Apple's most important systems running smoothly.

What You'll Do:
As part of our team, you'll help Apple engineers answer mission-critical questions about the stability and performance of hardware, firmware, and software that power devices worldwide. You'll develop automation to ensure reliability across thousands of compute and storage instances spanning our large, heterogeneous infrastructure.

Your day-to-day will involve diving deep into complex data and application issues, conducting root cause analysis of large-scale problems, and partnering with teammates across Apple to maintain the availability and integrity of our critical analytics applications.

The Impact:

You'll have the opportunity to directly contribute to the development and performance of products that define the user experience—from Apple Intelligence and Safari to the core performance of macOS and iOS. Your expertise in distributed systems and critical thinking will help ensure that Apple's analytics infrastructure scales reliably to meet the demands of our growing ecosystem.

If you thrive on solving complex technical challenges while working with cutting-edge technology that reaches users globally, we'd love to hear from you.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience

• Familiarity with one or more cloud services environments (AWS, GCP, etc.)

• Experience working with big data technologies and/or applications

• 5+ years of production experience managing and supporting large scale distributed Big Data applications (from development to production)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with at least one of the following languages and related development tools: Python, Bash, Ruby, Java, Scala

• Experience with one or more of the following platforms: Kubernetes, Flink, Kafka, Cloud Services

• Passion for quality and attention to detail

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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 $171,600 and $258,100, 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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