FoundationDB SRE Manager

San Francisco, California, United States Software and Services The Apple Services Engineering team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s long-held passion for combining art and technology. These are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books. And they do it on an extensive scale, meeting Apple’s high expectations with dedication to deliver a huge variety of entertainment in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries.iCloud is seeking experienced database systems engineering managers to join our SRE organization. FoundationDB powers Apple’s most critical cloud services, and this role is central to ensuring data durability, integrity, availability, and cost-efficient storage at massive scale. You will be joining a team of experts, working at the cutting edge of modern database deployment architectures and distributed systems. The team's work is deployed at massive scale, serving millions of queries per second over hundreds of petabytes of data across our data‑centers worldwide. It also has big impact, forming the platform upon which iCloud and many other internet services at Apple are built. In ASE, your work will benefit hundreds of millions of users and is critical to the success of some of the most visible current and future Apple features.We're looking for a hardworking and passionate person to join this amazing team. You will be an accomplished builder and leader of teams looking to tackle your next challenge. You know SRE and you know what it will take to run databases at Apple scale with a high degree of operational perfection. This role will position you to help shape the future of how we build and run our iCloud services on a global scale. You will have the technical skills to go deep and retain the ability to focus on higher-level business and product goals. We hire high quality leaders and engineers with a diverse set of experiences and skill sets for positions on Apple. Our customers count on us to provide extraordinary availability, scalability, and security for services. If you’d like to positively influence millions of customers’ experience of Apple this is the job for you. Description The FoundationDB SRE team develops applications and tooling that are safe, reliable, scalable, and fast. This work requires an innovative spirit and an extraordinary degree of care and rigor in engineering. Team members contribute to all major components of FoundationDB deployment infrastructure, including maintenance automation, backup service application, monitoring and alerting tooling/dashboards, deployment architecture, as well as contributing back to the upstream patches to the database focused on stability, performance, and scaling. As a leader in this organization, you will manage, develop, and grow a team responsible for FoundationDB’s scalability and performance across Apple. You will also be responsible for helping grow the iCloud service organization responsible for CloudKit and Content. We are seeking a hands‑on manager with domain experience who is comfortable working in the details. Responsibilities Lead and grow a SRE team responsible for FoundationDB availability, reliability, data durability and performance. Design and implement scalable, highly available backup and restore architectures. Drive development of tiered storage systems and CDC pipelines that support both recovery and online use. Ensure strong data integrity guarantees across transactional and replicated systems. Improve performance, reliability, and cost efficiency of large‑scale backup storage systems. Set technical direction while maintaining high engineering quality and operational rigor. Minimum Qualifications Experience managing or developing critical internet services / platform infrastructure. Understanding of distributed systems and database concepts (consistency models, isolation levels, crash and recovery semantics). Fundamentals of system‑level hardware and networking components (storage devices and controllers, network interfaces, CPU and memory layout in server‑class systems). Operating systems concepts (process scheduling, disk and network I/O, performance). Datacenter architecture (networking topologies, host placement strategies, and failure modes); design of multi‑datacenter systems; failure domains; and wide‑area networking. Proficient in modern languages, ideally Java and Golang, optionally Python Excellent communication, ability to partner with Infrastructure teams. A high degree of customer focus when engaging with internal platform customers. Ability to work effectively with colleagues based in other locations. Understanding of core SRE concepts - Monitoring, Alerting, Incident management, SLOs. BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science / related fields or equivalent work experience. Preferred Qualifications Service management across a bare metal, virtualized (EC2), and containerized (Kubernetes) style platforms. Performance engineering (design concepts, profile‑guided optimization). Advanced understanding of data structures and algorithms in storage and indexing. At 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 $228,100 and $342,800, 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 Benefits. Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program. 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. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant. Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apple Inc.