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# Site Reliability Engineer - Data, Apple Ads

- **Company:** Apple Inc.
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Data Systems, Distributed Data Store, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Object-Oriented Software Development, Open Source Technology, Performance Tuning, Reliability Engineering, Apache Spark, Generative AI, Procedural Programming, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka
- **Published:** August 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.austinjobsite.com/job.asp?id=3369770770&tx=HT7367TTZ&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* 2+ years of experience in Infrastructure Engineering with a strong focus on building, scaling and operating cloud based distributed data systems.
 * Proven expertise running cloud infrastructure built on managed services offered by cloud providers like AWS
 * Strong technical grasp and experience working on Open Source technologies designed for large scale data processing, like Apache Spark, Flink, Kafka, Iceberg or other similar technologies
 * Strong expertise and experience with container orchestration systems like Kubernetes
 * Experience leveraging ML and GenAI capabilities to improve infrastructure and Operational efficiency, * Big Data processing and storage systems (streaming and batch)
 * Track record of driving automation, cost optimization and performance tuning at scale for data systems.
 * Experience designing, analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
 * Experience driving adoption of new technologies and influencing designing of systems.
 * Strong programming skills on object-oriented, functional or procedural programming languages, preferably Java / Scala / Kotlin / Python
 * Experience designing and managing Infrastructure as Code with Helm and CRD, ensuring repeatable, secure, and scalable deployments.

## Description

As a Data Site Reliability Engineer in Apple Ads, you will focus on designing, building, and managing cloud-based systems and infrastructure that stores, process, transforms and analyzes large datasets. You will ensure data and corresponding infrastructure is accessible, reliable, and secure within the cloud environment, working with various Apple Internal and 3rd party cloud providers like AWS.


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