Apple

Senior Cloud Engineer

Apple$145K — $175K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of cloud infrastructure and platform engineering experience with end-to-end ownership in production systems.
  • Proven experience building platforms with user-focused design, ensuring internal developer satisfaction.
  • Expert in Kubernetes and containers, managing multi-tenant and multi-cluster environments.
  • Deep knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, particularly with Crossplane and Terraform for large-scale design.
  • Security-first approach in architecture with experience using Policy as Code tools like Kyverno and OPA.
  • Extensive public cloud expertise across AWS, GCP, and Azure, understanding optimal service usage.
  • Proficient in GitOps and CI/CD practices with tools such as Flux and Jenkins.
  • Strong networking fundamentals with troubleshooting capabilities across various protocols.

Responsibilities

  • Lead significant components of the cloud platform independently.
  • Set technical direction for project teams and elevate quality standards.
  • Drive cross-functional solutions to complex problems.
  • Implement security measures and guardrails for infrastructure.
  • Collaborate extensively with engineering teams to ensure alignment on objectives.
  • Mentor junior engineers and guide them through technical challenges.
  • Enhance operational efficiency by optimizing deployment pipelines.

Benefits

  • Flexible working hours and remote work options.
  • Professional development opportunities including training and certifications.
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and tools.
  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams.
  • Health and wellness programs supporting employee well-being.
Full Job Description
Description

The Wallet, Payments and Commerce (WPC) Cloud Engineering team is looking for an experienced Senior Cloud Engineer to take ownership of complex, ambiguous problems and drive cross-functional solutions that scale with our growth. In this role you'll independently lead significant pieces of our cloud platform, set technical direction on project teams, and raise the bar on quality, security, and customer focus across the organization.

Minimum Qualifications

8+ years of Cloud infrastructure and platform engineering experience, with a track record of owning systems end-to-end in production.

Experience building platforms and platform-as-a-product... You think about internal developers as customers, and you've shipped paved roads that people actually want to use.

Kubernetes and Containers... Been there, done that, and now you're the person others come to when the cluster is on fire. You've owned multi-tenant, multi-cluster, multi-region footprints end-to-end.

Infrastructure as Code, with deep Crossplane and Terraform experience... You've designed composition and provider patterns at scale, not just consumed them. The console is for read-only.

Security-first architecture with Policy as Code (Kyverno, OPA/Gatekeeper)... You bake guardrails into the platform so the secure path is the easy path, and you can defend your trade-offs to security partners.

Public cloud expertise across AWS, GCP, and/or Azure... You know which services to use, when to use them, and - just as importantly - when not to.

GitOps and CI/CD with Flux, Jenkins, Kargo... Everything ships through pipelines, promotion is declarative, and rollback is a non-event.

Strong networking fundamentals (NATs, TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, mTLS)... You can debug a cross-region connectivity issue without flinching.

Linux internals and systems-level troubleshooting... When the symptom is "it's slow sometimes," you know how to find the actual cause.

Microservices and distributed systems experience... You've designed for failure, not just success.

Experience with service meshes (Istio, Traefik, LinkerD) and observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Sensu).

Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, drive technical direction across a project team, and align solutions with business objectives in ambiguous, cross-functional environments.

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

10+ years of work experience is highly desirable.

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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Learn more about Apple
Size
154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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