Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Role Number: 200694182Team: Software and ServicesLocation: Austin; San DiegoWeekly Hours: 40Posted: 2026-11-09SummaryAt Apple, we strive every single day to craft products that enrich people’s lives. Our successes are the result of skilled domain experts working in an environment which encourages creativity, collaboration, and re-thinking of old problems in new ways! As a member of the Satellite Connectivity Group, you will work on the satellite network that enables connectivity to iPhone and Watch Ultra when off the grid without cellular or Wi-Fi coverage. Every day, Apple customers use Emergency SOS, Roadside assistance, and Messages via satellite to stay connected when they have no other means to communicate. You will have the unique and rewarding opportunity to shape this and other critical services, to the benefit and safety of millions of Apple device users.DescriptionApple is looking for a Senior Engineer with systems and software engineering experience to join our Satellite Connectivity Group SRE team.The SRE team builds, monitors, and maintains large scale, highly resilient systems that enable our customers to access communications services via satellite.You'll be contributing to distributed systems, architecture design, and cloud infrastructure (as code!) for critical and unique customer-facing Apple services.This is a rare opportunity to build and control the entire end to end infrastructure, along with all supporting components such as provisioning, monitoring, deployment, and software tools platforms, from the beginning within a team with a no-ops culture.You will build and run an Apple service enabling platform that millions of customers may rely on every day.You’ll also build and run the infrastructure that powers those services with emphasis on build, not just operate or implement.We’re looking for people who like to solve problems using software rather than shell prompts as we scale Apple’s services for customers around the world.Help us build the Apple experience on a global scale!Minimum QualificationsDeep understanding of observabilityStrong familiarity with different monitoring and alerting platforms like prometheus, splunk, grafana, alertmanager.Experience building and operating multi-clustered and highly-available servicesProven experience building and optimizing real-time and batch data processing pipelines using technologies such as Kafka, Spark, Flink, Beam, etc.Core Kubernetes conceptsExperience with modern web-scale services including servers, VIPs, load balancers, proxiesStrong understanding of Linux internalsExperience with CI/CD systemsExperience with GitOps workflowsInfrastructure As Code (Pulumi, Terraform, etc.)Preferred QualificationsExperience supporting environments with thousands of servers and critical uptime requirementsAble to write software tools & services needed to build and operate a large scale platformProficient with Configuration Management systems (Puppet, Ansible, Salt, etc)Understanding of zero-trust application architectureExperience with IP network design and architecture; Cisco, Juniper, or Arista routing and switching hardware & configurationExperience with AWS and/or GCPExperience with OLAP databases (ClickHouse, DuckDB, etc.)Experience with OpenTelemetryEducation: Technical engineering BS is a positive but not required.Pay & BenefitsAt Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $175,000 and $308,500, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple BenefitsNote: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.EEO StatementApple 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 applicantEEO StatementApple 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 applicantAccessibilityAt 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 workplaceLearn about reasonable accommodations for job applicantsAccessibilityAt 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 workplaceLearn about reasonable accommodations for job applicantsApplication DeadlineApple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.Application DeadlineApple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.