
Site Reliability Engineer, Apple Ads
Required skills
- Python
- Go
- Java
- AWS
- Linux
- Terraform
- Infrastructure as Code
- SRE concepts
- monitoring
- alerting
Nice to have
- AI/LLM-powered tooling
- automation
- Kubernetes
- distributed systems
- platform operations
- cost efficiency
Role summary
Apple Ads is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to ensure the uptime, scalability, and flourishing of mission-critical ad-tech systems. This role involves supporting operations and collaborating with developers and architects on design and implementation to enhance stability, security, and scalability. The ideal candidate is self-motivated with a passion for excellence and detail. Responsibilities include maintaining production systems, leveraging cloud infrastructure, and applying SRE principles like monitoring, incident response, and error budgets.
Description
As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for providing the platform for mission-critical ad-tech systems to maintain constant uptime, scale seamlessly, and allow for new applications and services to flourish. The successful candidate will be highly self-motivated and passionate about excellence, quality, and detail. The SRE will not only support operations but also work closely with the developers and architects within the team to aid in the design and assist with the implementation to improve stability, security, and scalability.
Minimum Qualifications
3+ years of experience supporting internet-facing production systems and distributed cloud infrastructure. Strong programming skills in at least one of: Python, Go, or Java. Proven expertise with AWS-managed infrastructure Hands-on experience with Linux systems and deep knowledge of its internals. Demonstrated experience with Infrastructure as Code, especially Terraform. Strong foundation in SRE concepts: Monitoring, alerting, and observability, incident response and root cause analysis, error budgets, SLAs/SLOs, and system reliability
Preferred Qualifications
Demonstrated experience designing, building, or integrating AI/LLM-powered tooling and automations Passion for customer privacy Built tools or services that automate platform operations, reduce toil, or improve cost efficiency. Experience managing Kubernetes clusters at scale in production environments. Hands-on experience troubleshooting distributed systems under real-world load. Experience building and operating infrastructure at scale. Experience building solutions that reduces friction in software delivery. Clear communication skills and comfort collaborating across engineering, infrastructure, and product teams. AWS certifications or broad experience across multiple AWS services is a plus.
Sample Apple interview questions
- 1
Design a typeahead box for a search engine
system designmedium - 2
Design a rate limiter
system designmedium - 3
Architect a key-value store for distributed systems.
system designmedium - 4
Design a system to schedule jobs in a distributed environment
system designmedium
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