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Sr Manager - Infrastructure, SRE, & AI Platforms - Services Special Projects
Apple
Cupertino, California
Source: Apple careers · View original posting
- Pay
- $237,600 — $401,700 USD per year
Employer job description
From Apple's posting. “We” and “our” refer to the employer.
We are looking to hire a Senior Infrastructure, SRE & AI Platforms Manager to help set the long-term technical strategy, organizational structure, and operational roadmap for global, mission-critical infrastructure platforms on the Services Special Projects team.
This position requires a rare blend of deep technical domain expertise—spanning distributed systems, Kubernetes, and AI workload orchestration—and proven organizational leadership managing large, globally distributed engineering teams.
Description
In this role, you will be responsible for defining and building infrastructure strategy that balances continuous innovation with high reliability, performance, and cost efficiency. You will lead a growing, multi-tiered team of engineers who are responsible for foundational platforms that power large-scale consumer and enterprise workloads.
Beyond operational delivery, you will establish standards for operational excellence, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and capacity planning. You will be a key strategic partner, translating complex business imperatives into scalable platform designs while cultivating a strong engineering culture focused on automation, technical ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.