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Responsibilities
- Own the technical direction and architecture of Kubernetes controllers and namespace management infrastructure.
- Strengthen the reliability of Kubernetes services supporting Apple’s large-scale services.
- Write and own complex Go-based controllers or operators used by other teams.
- Troubleshoot systems across the network, operating system, container runtime, and application layers.
- Engage with the upstream Kubernetes community to drive Apple’s requirements.
- Provide technical authority and guidance to service teams, including design reviews, mentoring, and developer tooling.
- Drive cross-functional infrastructure initiatives to completion.
- Build AI-assisted tooling for triage, operational workflows, and infrastructure automation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, an engineering-related field, or equivalent related experience.
- 8+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure-focused roles.
- Deep experience operating large-scale, multi-tenant Kubernetes environments in production.
- Strong systems background across networking, operating systems, container runtimes, and applications.
- Expert-level Go experience and a track record of shipping and owning controllers or operators.
- Experience with configuration management at scale, such as Puppet or Ansible.
- Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional initiatives to completion.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Preferred experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Preferred familiarity with bare-metal provisioning and lifecycle management at datacenter scale.
- Preferred understanding of cloud-native observability tools such as Prometheus, Thanos, or Splunk.
- Preferred experience running infrastructure as an internal managed service with defined SLAs.
Tech Stack
Categories
DevOpsSite Reliability
About Apple
Apple designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and services for consumers and professionals worldwide, including iPhone, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, and AirPods, plus platforms like iOS/macOS and services such as the App Store, iCloud, Music, and TV+. Its business combines device sales with services and subscriptions and in-house silicon design. Founded in 1976, Apple is headquartered in Cupertino, California, and trades on NASDAQ as AAPL.