Data Platform Infra Site Reliability Engineer

Moreat Apple
London, UK
5 days ago
Apply on www.apply4u.co.uk
Prepare application

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Unix Databases Data Infrastructure Data Migration Software Debugging Linux Disaster Recovery Distributed Data Store Distributed Systems Data Flow Control Reliability Engineering HybridCloud
+3 more
Siri Production Code Data Pipelines

Job description

Selection changes the language of the page/contentData Platform Infra Site Reliability EngineerLondon, England, United Kingdom Software and ServicesAt Apple, we believe that innovation flourishes in an environment where ideas are challenged, collaboration is encouraged, and technology is pushed to its limits. This environment is only possible when diverse minds come together, bringing unique perspectives and experiences. Our people and their ideas inspire innovation in everything we do. Imagine what you could accomplish here! Join Apple and help us make the world a better place.As an SRE on our team, you’ll own the reliability, performance, and scale of the distributed storage and data platform systems that power Apple’s services. You’ll debug replication and consensus failures, tune systems at petabyte scale, and write production code that operates the platform. We firmly believe in ownership, with software engineers accountable for the code they write.DescriptionThe Apple Services

Requirements

Engineering (ASE) organisation builds and provides systems and infrastructure that fuel Apple’s services - iCloud, iTunes, Siri, and Maps. Our team builds and operates the data platform infrastructure behind them, keeping petabyte-scale workloads fast, resilient, and reliable.The platform runs on large-scale distributed systems, including object stores, databases, and data pipelines, on Linux across private and hybrid cloud. You’ll work on storage engines, distributed consensus, and data-flow internals, partnering with development teams on system-wide architecture rather than individual components.Minimum QualificationsExperience in managing and scaling large-scale distributed systems in a private or hybrid cloud environment.Comfortable designing, writing, and releasing production code in languages such as Go or Python.Able to debug and reason about how distributed systems fail and perform at scale.Willingness to take part in on-call rotations and incident response to keep critical systems healthy.Preferred QualificationsContributions to distributed-systems internals, open-source data infrastructure, or storage/database engines.Experience defining SLIs/SLOs, building observability, and using error budgets to drive reliability decisions.A good grasp of Unix internals and networking fundamentals.Experience with data migration, disaster recovery, or capacity planning at scale.At Apple, we’re not all the same. And that’s our greatest strength. We draw on the differences in who we are, what we’ve experienced and how we think. Because to create products that serve everyone, we believe in including everyone. Therefore, we are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally. As a registered Disability Confident employer, we will work with applicants to make any reasonable accommodations. Apple will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal backgrounds in a manner consistent with applicable law. Learn moreAt Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You’ll find that idea reflected in everything here - in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong. Learn about accessibility in Apple’s workplace #J-18808-Ljbffr

Apply for this position

This job is hosted externally. Click below to view the full posting and apply.

Apply on www.apply4u.co.uk
Prepare application

Good distractions

Talks and stories from around this role — technically off-topic, practically not.

4:36 min

Hiring passionate software engineers to tackle unprecedented scaling challenges

Dana Lawson Dana Lawson +1 · World Congress 2026 Europe

52 sec

Running persistent Linux environments directly on Windows

Ben Breard Ben Breard · World Congress 2025

1:16 min

Evaluating the enduring financial and technological legacy of Apple

Marco Landi · World Congress 2024

2:03 min

Microsoft integrating native Unix coreutils into Windows environments

Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

3:55 min

Demonstrating .NET installation on Debian and Azure Linux

Silvano Coriani Silvano Coriani · Europe 2026 Virtual

2:23 min

Historical breakthroughs in natural language processing models

Mary Grygleski Mary Grygleski · LIVE

Videos

See all

Related articles

See all