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

Apple· AiDP Data Services / IS&T
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Shanghai, ChinaFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

AI & Data Platforms (AiDP) Data Services SRE role focusing on engine-agnostic data services tooling across multiple database and analytics engines, including provisioning, backup/restore, observability, and self-service, with cross-datacenter and hybrid-cloud data migrations.

Responsibilities

  • Design and operate engine-agnostic data migration tooling across hybrid clouds with minimal downtime and guaranteed data integrity.
  • Build and maintain engine-agnostic platform capabilities: provisioning, backup/restore, observability, and self-service.
  • Collaborate with Core Storage and Analytics teams; communicate effectively across distributed teams.
  • Produce and maintain high-quality documentation — runbooks, architecture diagrams, post-incident reviews, and migration playbooks.
  • Ensure compliance with local data residency, cross-border data transfer, and regulatory requirements applicable to China-based infrastructure.

Qualifications

  • BS or MS in Computer Science / related fields or equivalent work experience, 7–12 years in a Site Reliability Engineering / Infrastructure focused role.
  • Hands-on production experience with at least two of PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB, CockroachDB, Couchbase, OpenSearch, or Apache Doris, supporting internet-facing production services via On Call and Incident Management.
  • Operational experience running large-scale infrastructure with heavy reliance on automation tooling, across Datacenter and Cloud architectures (including Alibaba Cloud/Ali Cloud and/or AWS).
  • Excellent troubleshooting and performance deep-dive analysis skills; strong technical writing habits.
  • Proficiency in one or more of: Python, Go.

Skills

Required:SRE conceptsDatabase conceptsPerformance engineeringProgrammingData migrations
Nice to have:Kubernetes / container orchestrationObservability / SLIs & SLOsReal-time OLAP/analytics enginesMandarin

Benefits

  • Apple equal opportunity employer
  • Accommodation for applicants with disabilities
  • Accessibility-focused workplace culture and tools
Last updated Sep 4, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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