Job Details

Software Delivery - Site Reliability Engineer

San Diego, California, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200616622-3543

Shape the future of how Apple delivers software to millions of customers. Our Software Delivery team is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to build the next generation of release technologies that power Apple's development lifecycle. If you are passionate about solving complex problems at scale, we want to hear from you.

Description

What You'll Do:

• Ensure System Reliability: Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable, and observable systems for our core software delivery services.
• Automate: Reduce operational toil by developing automation and tooling to prevent and rapidly resolve production issues.
• Improve Incident Response: Own and refine our incident management processes to ensure high availability.
• Collaborate with Engineers: Partner with development teams to create elegant, high-quality solutions that support the entire workflow, from source code to customer release.
• Improve and Modernize Systems: Use a proactive approach to identify and eliminate technical debt to enhance long-term reliability and maintainability.

About Our Team: We are a team dedicated to engineering excellence, reusable design, and simplicity. We foster a supportive, growth-focused culture where we mentor each other and work together to build resilient, high-quality systems.

What You'll Bring: We know that great talent comes from a variety of backgrounds, and we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. The most important thing is a deep commitment to building reliable systems and strong collaboration with team members across different timezones.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or Software Engineer focused on infrastructure in a large-scale distributed environment.

• Strong software development skills in a language like Swift, Go, or Python, and a high degree of comfort with shell scripting (Bash).

• Hands-on experience building and managing systems with container orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker).

• Deep understanding of networking (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP) and experience using observability tools (monitoring, logging, tracing) to diagnose complex issues.

• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with a strong sense of ownership and drive.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience leading initiatives to reduce technical debt, refactor systems, or improve performance and latency.

• Expertise in performance analysis and capacity planning for global, distributed systems.

• Experience with large-scale distributed databases (e.g., Cassandra, FoundationDB) or messaging systems (e.g., Kafka).

• Demonstrated ability to lead incident response for high-impact outages.

• Familiarity with using Generative AI (GenAI) or Large Language Models (LLMs) to accelerate operational tasks, such as automating runbooks, generating scripts, or analyzing incident data.

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 $134,800 and $245,800, 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.

Apple participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law.Learn more about the E-Verify program (https://www.apple.com/jobs/pdf/EverifyPosterEnglish.pdf) .

Apple is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. Reasonable Accommodation and Drug Free Workplace policy Learn more .

Apple is a drug-free workplace. Reasonable Accommodation and Drug Free Workplace policy Learn more .

Apple will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. If you’re applying for a position in San Francisco, review the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance guidelines applicable in your area.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.