SRE Engineering Manager at Apple

Hyderabad, Telangana, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

01 Sep, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

03 Jun, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering, Team Management, Distributed Systems, Cloud Infrastructure, Kubernetes, Python, Java, Scala, Incident Response, Root Cause Analysis, Apache Spark, Kafka, Prometheus, Grafana, System Design, ETL Frameworks

Industry

Computers and Electronics Manufacturing

Description

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 other’s 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. It’s 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, you’ll do more than join something — you’ll add something. Apple's Artificial Intelligence and Data Platforms (AiDP) team is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Manager to support scalable and resilient distributed systems that power Apple's data pipelines and analytics platforms. Our Enterprise Data Warehouse landscape caters to a wide variety of real-time, near real-time and batch analytical solutions. These solutions are an integral part of business functions like Sales, Operations, Finance, AppleCare, Marketing and Internet Services, enabling business drivers to make critical decisions. We utilizes proprietary and open source technologies such as Kafka, Spark, Iceberg, Airflow, and others to build these solutions. If you are passionate about addressing infrastructure challenges at scale, both on-premises and in the cloud, and focused on optimizing scalable solutions by prioritizing ease of use and maintenance, you will discover exciting opportunities in AiDP. DESCRIPTION As a hands-on SRE Manager, you’ll lead by example—actively driving operational excellence, contributing to code, and ensuring system reliability. You will be deeply involved in incident response across complex, distributed data platforms designed to support data exploration, analytics, and reporting solutions. These platforms operate at the unique intersection of high data volume and hybrid infrastructure, spanning both cloud and on-premise environments. We are looking for a collaborative and innovative leader who thrives under tight deadlines, excels at solving complex problems, and consistently delivers high-quality, forward-thinking solutions. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, with 10+ years of experience in the SRE domain and at least 3 years in a management role focused on leading, hiring, developing and building teams Hands-on experience building, supporting/maintaining applications. large scale distributed systems in cloud or hybrid environments Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure & services (e.g., AWS, GCP, Kubernetes), Observability tools (e.g: Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch) Strong Programming experience in one of the programming languages - Python or Java or Scala Proven ability to lead incident response, perform root cause analysis, and drive system reliability improvements. Able to lead across organizational boundaries and diverse reporting structures. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Hands-on experience supporting enterprise data systems on distributed architectures Expertise in cloud-native services, including ETL frameworks (Apache Spark, Flink), and messaging systems (Kafka) Exposure to data visualization tools such as Tableau, Business Objects, ThoughtSpot, with experience supporting and troubleshooting issues related to dashboards and reports Experience with modern & distributed databases such as Snowflake, Cassandra, SingleStore, and SAP HANA Experience using GenAI or automation tools for issue detection, alerting, or remediation Solid understanding of system design, data structures, and incident management best practices

Responsibilities

Lead the SRE team in supporting scalable and resilient distributed systems for Apple's data pipelines and analytics platforms. Drive operational excellence through hands-on code contributions and management of incident responses across hybrid cloud environments.