Storage Site Reliability Engineer - Apple Service Engineering

Apple

Seattle, WA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
ASE, Algorithms, Analysis Skills, Apple, Automation, Bash Scripting, C++ Programming Language, Communication Skills, Computer Networks, Computer Science, Concurrency, Cross-Functional, Customer Relations, Data Recovery, Data Structures, Detail Oriented, Distributed Computing, High Availability, Incident Response, Java, Large-Scale Systems, Machine Tool, Memory Management, Microsoft C# (C Sharp), Multithreaded Programming, Operating Systems, Perl Programming Language, Problem Solving Skills, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Quality Assurance Methodology, Reliability Engineering, Reporting Dashboards, Rust Programming Language, Scripting (Scripting Languages), Software Engineering, Software Testing, Storage Software, System Operations, Team Player, Traffic Shaping, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)
LOCATION
Seattle, WA
POSTED
30+ days ago
**Role Number:** 200657371-3337 **Summary** Apple Services Engineering (ASE) designs, builds, and operates the cloud infrastructure, server systems, and platform technologies that power many of Apple's most beloved experiences. Within ASE, the Storage Platforms organization develops the systems that store, protect, and serve Apple's data at massive scale, with a mission to deliver storage that is durable, secure, highly available, and operated with excellence. Engineers on this team will have the rare opportunity to work on storage device-optimized low-level storage, large-scale distributed systems, and high-performance IO stacks operating at mission-critical levels of availability and durability. Each component is being built using first principles from the ground up to unlock optimization opportunities at every layer of the stack. Being part of Apple Services Engineering organization opens the door to exerting cross-functional influence and making a more significant organizational impact. If you are passionate about large scale distributed systems, operational excellence, and creating resilient platforms that enable innovation across Apple, we would love to hear from you. **Description** We are seeking a highly skilled, collaborative, and pragmatic Storage Site Reliability Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will help build and operate reliable, scalable storage infrastructure that supports rapidly growing platform needs. You will partner with cross-functional teams across software engineering, compute, networking, and infrastructure to design and implement automation, improve observability, strengthen incident response, and enhance the overall reliability of the platform. The team contributes to all major aspects of storage deployment infrastructure, including maintenance automation, backup and recovery services, monitoring and alerting tooling, dashboards, deployment architecture, and database improvements focused on stability, performance, and scale. You will also play an important role in shaping the evolution of the platform as it scales by orders of magnitude. Success in this role requires a passion for large-scale distributed systems, strong problem-solving ability, excellent communication, and a strong customer-focused mindset when working with internal platform users. Experience working effectively in a distributed team environment is highly valued. **Minimum Qualifications** + 3+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or infrastructure engineering + Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with careful attention to detail + Experience designing, building, or operating storage systems + 2+ years of programming experience in one or more of the following languages: Rust, C++, Java, or C# + Experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or Perl + Strong understanding of operating systems fundamentals, including multithreading, memory management, networking, storage, performance, and scalability + Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related engineering field, or equivalent practical experience **Preferred Qualifications** + Excellent knowledge of software testing methodologies & practices + Deep understanding of core computer science concepts, including data structures, algorithms, and concurrency. + Solid grasp of distributed systems fundamentals such as fault tolerance, consistency, and distributed rate limiting. + Experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems such as databases or storage platforms. + Proficient with UNIX/Linux

About the Company

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Apple

We bring amazing people together to make amazing things happen.

We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.

About Apple

There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Other/Not Classified
FOUNDED
1976
WEBSITE
https://www.apple.com/jobs