Apple
Coordination SRE
$150K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- No specific number of years stated.
- Education
- BS or MS in Computer Science / related fields or equivalent work experience
About the job
Develop and operate software and infrastructure for Apache Zookeeper and ETCD, supporting reliable, high-performance coordination systems at global data-center scale.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain coordination-system deployment infrastructure, including automation, monitoring, alerting, and dashboards.
- Improve database stability, performance, and scaling, including contributions to upstream patches.
- Collaborate across Apple to define service metrics and targets, identify optimization opportunities, and establish quality guardrails.
What they ask for
- BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Understanding of core SRE concepts, including monitoring, alerting, and incident management.
- Proficiency in one or more of Java, Go (golang), or Python; understanding of database concepts and performance engineering.
- Knowledge of operating systems and datacenter architecture, including multi-datacenter systems and wide-area networking.
Nice to have
- Experience developing critical internet services or platform infrastructure; distributed databases or storage systems experience is recommended.
- Experience with Kubernetes, EC2, EBS, Terraform, or service management and migrations across bare metal, virtualized (EC2), and Kubernetes platforms.
Pay
USD $150,400 to USD $277,600 base salary
Tools
Apache Zookeeper, ETCD, Java, Go (golang), Python, Kubernetes, EC2, EBS
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