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San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States Software and Services

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each others ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. Its the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, youll do more than join something youll add something.As a part of the Apple Cloud Network team, you will strategize, build and operationalize innovative release and testing products and solutions that will craft the future of our hyper-scale network infrastructure. We are looking for candidates who have a strong passion in building sophisticated large scale systems for high performance and reliability with broad experience in distributed systems architecture and networking!People at Apple dont just build products they craft the kind of experience that has revolutionized entire industries. The diverse collection of our people and their ideas encourage innovation in everything we do. Imagine what you could do here! Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it.The Apple Cloud Networking team builds software-defined network infrastructure as a part of Apple Cloud. Our infrastructure is a critical foundation in delivering Apples services (such as iCloud, iTunes, Siri, Maps) to billions of customers. We are a fast paced organization where drive and collaboration are the keys to success. Teams across Apple rely critically on us for infrastructure that help them build services that scale globally, are highly available, and just work. We listen to different perspectives, help surface innovative ideas, and drive decisions that move us forward.

Description

As a senior release engineer with deep expertise in cloud networking, software reliability, and performance engineering, you will lead and innovate our release management processes. This role requires strategic oversight of sophisticated, large-scale release pipelines that deliver highly available, resilient, and performant cloud network services. You will establish standard methodologies, implement resiliency measures like chaos testing, drive performance and capacity planning, lead incident response, postmortems, and maintain detailed release documentation. Partner closely with multi-functional teams including cloud architects, SREs, and network engineering to ensure quality in deployment automation and operational reliability.Additionally, you will present and defend engineering proposals that can significantly influence team and organizational success. Effective collaboration and communication with other teams are crucial to support their use of our platform.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience in designing and operationalizing large scale release (CI/CD, Chaos & Scale) testing platforms
• Solid understanding of cloud-native networking components: VPCs, peering, transit gateways, service meshes, NATs, firewalls, etc
• Good knowledge of API design and interface technologies (JSON, ProtoBuf, REST, RPC, XML, etc)
• In depth knowledge of K8s, OpenStack, system virtualization, build systems and infrastructure as code
• Outstanding communication skills with the ability to articulate concepts, designs and decisions.

Preferred Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience

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 $181,100 and $318,400, 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 Apples 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 Apples Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Youll 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.

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