Software Engineer, Data Services, IS&T Ai & Data Platforms
Core
Design and operate engine-agnostic data migration tooling and platform capabilities for a fleet of relational, distributed-SQL, document, search, and analytics engines powering Apple's critical internet services.
Role type
Senior IC Site Reliability Engineer (Database Systems)
Builds
Engine-agnostic platform tooling for provisioning, backup/restore, observability, and self-service across hybrid-cloud environments.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure & Database Systems
Required skills
SRE concepts, database consistency models, performance engineering, hybrid-cloud architecture, data migration strategy, multi-datacenter system design, automation tooling, Python, Go
Preferred skills
Kubernetes operators, database-as-a-service control planes, cross-cloud data migrations, OLAP engine operations, open-source database contributions
Technologies
PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, Couchbase, OpenSearch, MongoDB, Oracle, Apache Doris, K8s, AWS, Alibaba Cloud
Responsibilities
Monitor, alert, and manage incidents for large-scale database fleets; design and execute engine-agnostic data migrations with minimal downtime; optimize performance across heterogeneous database engines; architect multi-datacenter systems and wide-area networking; ensure compliance with data residency and regulatory requirements.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC