Data Platform SRE, AI & Data Platforms (AiDP) at Apple

Department: Software and Services

Location: Austin, Texas
Level: mid
Posted: Aug 28, 2026

Description

Apple is hiring a Data Platform SRE to develop and operate large-scale big data platforms supporting analytics, reporting, and AI/ML applications. The role focuses on optimizing performance and cost, automating operations, and resolving production issues, with expertise in distributed data processing, Apache Spark, data lake technologies, cloud platforms, and Unix/Linux systems.

Required Skills

Java
Scala
Python
Go
Apache Spark
Apache Iceberg
AWS
GCP
Kubernetes
Airflow
Unix/Linux

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 3+ years of professional software engineering experience with large-scale big data platforms
Operating large-scale distributed data processing systems with Apache Spark
Hands-on experience with table formats and data lake technologies such as Apache Iceberg
Incident management, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and performance optimization in complex production environments
Proficiency with AWS and GCP cloud technologies
Experience with Unix/Linux systems and command-line tools for debugging and operational support
Preferred Qualifications: Designing and operating critical large-scale distributed systems with low latency, fault tolerance, and high availability
Open source project contribution
Managing multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters and debugging Kubernetes/Spark issues
Workflow and data pipeline orchestration with Airflow or DBT
Data modeling and data warehousing concepts
AI/ML stack familiarity, including GPUs, MLFlow, or LLMs
Software engineering best practices, secure coding, and reusable frameworks or libraries

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