Apple

Site Reliability Engineer

Apple$100K — $130K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent
  • 2-5 years in a Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure role
  • Experience with internet-facing production services and distributed systems
  • Strong understanding of distributed database concepts
  • Skilled in performance engineering and datacenter architecture
  • History of automating operational processes
  • Self-motivated and eager to learn new technologies

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain Voldemort key-value distributed database infrastructure
  • Manage deployment automation, backups, and observability
  • Prepare incident management procedures and run-books
  • Monitor system performance and implement optimizations
  • Collaborate with internal teams and focus on customer service
  • Deliver continuous data store availability for ASE Media Applications
  • Work effectively within a distributed team environment

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on large, cross-organizational projects
  • Collaborative environment with engineering teams across Apple
  • Encouragement of innovative ideas and contributions
  • Access to cutting-edge technologies
  • Focus on continuous personal and professional growth
Full Job Description
The ASE SRE team develops applications and tooling that are safe, reliable, scalable, and fast. Our Data Reliability Engineering team is responsible for all aspects of managing Voldemort key-value distributed database infrastructure deployment on on-premise bare metal and public cloud platforms, including maintenance, deployment automation, backup, observability and telemetry, with focus on reliability, performance, and scaling to deliver continuous data store availability to ASE Media Applications. Success in this role requires expertise in several of the following: - Understanding of core SRE concepts - Monitoring, Alerting, Incident management - Performance engineering (design concepts, profile-guided optimization) - Service management across bare metal, and virtualized (EC2) platforms - Prepare alert handling procedures, run-books, and collaborate with other SRE team members. - Excellent communication and a high degree of customer focus when engaging with internal platform customers - As a distributed team, ability to work optimally with colleagues based in other locations is also essential; experience in this area is a plus - Prior experience with development or maintenance of distributed databases, and operating systems is recommended Come join us at Apple Services Engineering and help us deliver services and applications that are fluid and responsive. You will collaborate with engineers from across Apple to define the metrics, set targets, uncover optimization opportunities, and ship a service that will delight our customers. This role is for engineers who enjoy deep technical engineering that spans large cross-organizational projects. Your openness to learning and implementing new technologies will contribute to the continuous evolution of our organization. Good ideas are valued and rewarded. Minimum Qualifications Success in this role requires expertise in several of the following: BS/MS in Computer Science or Equivalent At least 2-5 years in a Reliability Engineering, DevOps or infrastructure focused role Support of internet-facing production services and distributed systems via deployments, onCall and Incident Management. Understanding of distributed database concepts (consistency models, isolation levels, crash and recovery semantics). Performance engineering (design concepts, profile-guided optimization). Datacenter architecture (networking topologies, host placement strategies, and failure modes); design of multi-datacenter systems; failure domains; and wide-area networking. Automation advocate - prior history of removing operational toil via software. Self motivated, inquisitive and always looking to learn more. Preferred Qualifications Demonstrated expertise developing distributed systems, storage engines, distributed systems, or performance engineering. Experience developing critical internet services and/or platform infrastructure. Proficient in one or more of the following programming languages: Java, Go (golang), Python Optional experience managing services on Kubernetes Optional experience with EC2, EBS, and Terraform

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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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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