Software Engineer (Transactional), AI & Data Platforms

The team brings together data, application development, and machine learning - including generative AI - along with data services and customer success functions, to help IS&T build solutions more efficiently and streamline the adoption and embedding of generative AI across Apple. Description The AiDP Data Services SRE team builds engine-agnostic platform capabilities - provisioning, backup/restore, observability, and self-service - spanning Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and CockroachDB. This role involves supporting data migration efforts across hybrid-cloud environments with minimal downtime and guaranteed data integrity, following established runbooks and adhering to local data residency and regulatory requirements. This role requires good communication and collaboration with Core Storage teams and colleagues across a distributed team. Minimum Qualifications + 2+ years of experience in a Site Reliability Engineering / Infrastructure focused role + 1+ year of Site Reliability experience working against production databases such as PostgreSQL, Oracle or MongoDB + Hands-on production experience with at least one of Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, including exposure to On Call and Incident Management + Exposure to running infrastructure with reliance on automation tooling, across Datacenter and Cloud architectures (third party cloud) + Good understanding in one or more of the following programming languages: Python or Go + BS or MS in Computer Science / related fields or equivalent work experience Preferred Qualifications + Some operational experience with stateful services on Kubernetes + Solid troubleshooting skills, a resourceful first-principles approach to problem solving, and good technical writing habits + Exposure to database-as-a-service control planes, provisioning APIs, or self-service tooling + Experience assisting with cross-cloud / hybrid-cloud data migrations for transactional systems + Familiarity with observability concepts (SLIs/SLOs), backup, and DR practices for OLTP/distributed-SQL engines + Solid troubleshooting skills, a resourceful first-principles approach to problem solving, and good technical writing habits 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.