Senior Build and Release Engineer, Apple Services Engineering

Senior Build and Release Engineer, Apple Services Engineering

San Francisco, California, United States Software and Services

We are looking for an experienced Build and Release Engineer to help develop and maintain the next-generation of Apple's cloud services infrastructure. You will be working on Cloud Kit, Apple's foundational privacy-focused database platform, which securely stores users' data and seamlessly keeps it synchronized across all their Apple devices. Cloud Kit manages data at a massive scale! It is a strongly-consistent database of structured data that serves billions of active Apple customers.

Considered the bedrock of iCloud, it is purpose built to be performant, highly available, and extremely scalable. Cloud Kit is a platform designed to the highest standards of user privacy that not only empowers developers to build highly collaborative and secure applications, but it is also the storage foundation for Apple's signature cloud experiences, such as Photos, Drive, Notes, Keynote, News, and many third party applications!

We are a world-class team who has a real passion for engineering and delivering high quality services to Apple's customers. As a key member of a versatile organization, you will build and maintain the frameworks, tooling, pipelines, and infrastructure that enable our engineers ship great software with speed and confidence.

We are looking for engineers who have exceptional expertise in build systems and release automation. Engineers who can demonstrate unique leadership skills, are passionate about working in a complex environment and codebase, and constantly obsess about the developer experience.

• Develop and maintain CI/CD automation to streamline the build and release processes
• Manage multi-environment pipelines handling pull request reviews, code validation, and deployments
• Manage the release lifecycle, including artifact packaging, publishing, qualification, and deployment
• Define and enforce release processes, branching strategies, and deployment standards
• Partner with teams across Cloud Kit to improve developer workflows and build system reliability
• Triage, investigate, and remediate build failures, deployment issues, and infrastructure incidents

• 4+ years of experience building automation frameworks and tools using Python, Golang, or Bash
• Hands-on experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Proficient in source code dependency management, artifact packaging, and release automation
• Knowledge of operating systems administration (linux or unix), network, and compiler concepts
• Experience with containers, cluster management, and cloud-native deployment patterns
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering-related field or equivalent related experience

• Strong familiarity with version control systems, e.g., Git Hub or Git Lab
• Strong background with infrastructure-as-code tools, e.g., Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet
• Strong fundamentals in CI/CD software, e.g., Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, or Bamboo
• Proficient in build and packaging automation, e.g., Maven, Gradle, Make, and Artifactory
• Experience using AWS, GCP, and cloud native technologies, e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, and gRPC
• Experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration, including operators and Helm charts
• Experience with monitoring and observability tooling, e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $184,700 and $324,800, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including:
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits,…