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Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Data Analytics

4 days ago San Diego, CA

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.

Preferred Qualifications

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

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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

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)

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 .

Client-provided location(s): San Diego, CA
Job ID: apple-200599084-3543_rxr-658
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2025-11-10T19:05:23

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Parental Benefits

      • Work Flexibility

        • Office Life and Perks

          • Vacation and Time Off

            • Financial and Retirement

              • Professional Development

                • Diversity and Inclusion

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