Data Services SRE Manager - ASE Databases
Core
Build and lead a new Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) site in Shanghai for Apple's internet services, ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of a portfolio of database and data service technologies.
Role type
Senior Engineering Manager (SRE)
Builds
Data service deployment infrastructure, maintenance automation, backup services, monitoring and alerting tooling, and upstream open-source contributions
Domain
Internet services, distributed systems, database technologies
Required skills
Engineering management, distributed systems, database systems, storage engines, SRE concepts, Java, project management, cross-functional partnership
Preferred skills
Control plane services, distributed systems concepts, performance engineering, containerized platforms, system-level hardware, datacenter architecture, new site establishment
Technologies
Apache Cassandra, Apache Kafka, Apache Solr, Redis/Valkey, etcd, Zookeeper, Kubernetes, EC2
Responsibilities
Hire and lead an SRE team, own reliability of mission-critical data platforms, set technical direction for automation and scaling, drive incident response and systemic improvements, establish SRE practices (SLOs, error budgets), manage on-call rotations, partner with software engineering teams, engage internal platform customers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
