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Software Engineer, Data Services, IS&T Ai & Data Platforms

Apple· Shanghai, China (AiDP Data Services SRE)
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ShanghaiFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Apple AiDP Data Services SRE team builds platform capabilities for transactional databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, CockroachDB) across hybrid-cloud environments. The role focuses on monitoring, incident management, performance engineering, data migrations with minimal downtime, and cross-team collaboration, supporting large-scale internet services with data residency and regulatory compliance in China.

Responsibilities

  • Apply core SRE concepts — monitoring, alerting, and incident management — with growing independence.
  • Build working knowledge of transactional database concepts (consistency models, isolation levels, crash and recovery semantics) across Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and CockroachDB.
  • Support performance engineering efforts (profiling, tuning) across transactional engines, under guidance from senior team members.
  • Assist with service management across bare metal, virtualized (EC2, Ali Cloud ECS), and containerized (K8s) style platforms.
  • Execute and support data migration tasks across hybrid clouds, including validation and rollback support.
  • Build understanding of operating systems and datacenter architecture concepts relevant to transactional workloads.
  • Produce and maintain clear documentation — runbooks, architecture diagrams, and migration playbook updates.
  • Support compliance with local data residency and regulatory requirements applicable to China-based infrastructure.

Qualifications

  • BS or MS in Computer Science / related fields or equivalent work experience, with 3–5 years in a Site Reliability Engineering / Infrastructure focused role.
  • Hands-on production experience with at least one of Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or CockroachDB, including exposure to On Call and Incident Management.
  • Exposure to running infrastructure with reliance on automation tooling, across Datacenter and Cloud architectures (including Alibaba Cloud/Ali Cloud and/or AWS).
  • Solid troubleshooting skills, a resourceful first-principles approach to problem solving, and good technical writing habits.
  • Good understanding in one or more of the following programming languages: Python, Go.

Skills

Required:SRE concepts (monitoring, alerting, incident management)Transactional database conceptsInfrastructure automationProgramming languages
Nice to have:Performance engineering

Benefits

  • Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity, and thus we treat all applicants fairly and equally.
  • Apple is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.
  • At Apple, accessibility is a fundamental human right. You’ll find that idea reflected in everything here — in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools.
Last updated Sep 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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