Apple · 1 month ago
Compute SRE Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$140K/yr - $258K/yrApple is a company that revolutionizes entire industries through innovation and diverse ideas. The Compute team within Apple Service Engineering is looking for an experienced SRE software engineer to enhance Kubernetes internals and ensure services scale to meet the demands of Apple’s Services offerings.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)BroadcastingDigital EntertainmentFoundational AIMedia and EntertainmentMobile DevicesOperating SystemsTVWearables
Responsibilities
Operate, monitor, and triage all aspects of our production and non-production environments
Design, build and implement innovative solutions around Kubernetes in a highly distributed environment
Prepare alert handling procedures, runbooks, and collaborate with other SRE teams
Participate in on-call rotations to troubleshoot and resolve production issues, minimizing downtime
Automate deployment and orchestration of services into the cloud environment as well as other routine processes
Interact with and support partner teams, including engineering, QA, and program management
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, an engineering-related field, or equivalent related experience
Operate, monitor, and triage all aspects of our production and non-production environments
Design, build and implement innovative solutions around Kubernetes in a highly distributed environment
Prepare alert handling procedures, runbooks, and collaborate with other SRE teams
Participate in on-call rotations to troubleshoot and resolve production issues, minimizing downtime
Automate deployment and orchestration of services into the cloud environment as well as other routine processes
Interact with and support partner teams, including engineering, QA, and program management
Preferred
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Automation advocate with a strong sense of ownership - you truly believe in removing operational load via software
Strong experience with building and scaling core components of Kubernetes or similar orchestration systems
Highly Proficient in Golang
Be capable of collaborating and coordinating with multiple distinct engineering teams and mentoring others
Experienced with highly distributed unix systems
Benefits
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation
Company
Apple
Apple is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
Founded in 1976
10001+ employees
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Funding
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$5.67BKey Investors
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CEO
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SVP, Software Engineering
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