Release Engineer Jobs in San Francisco, CA

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 CloudKit, Apple's foundational privacy-focused database platform, which securely stores users' data and seamlessly keeps it synchronized across all their Apple devices.

CloudKit 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. CloudKit 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.

Description

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.","responsibilities":"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 CloudKit to improve developer workflows and build system reliability

Triage, investigate, and remediate build failures, deployment issues, and infrastructure incidents

Preferred Qualifications

Strong familiarity with version control systems, e.g., GitHub or GitLab

Strong background with infrastructure-as-code tools, e.g., Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet

Strong fundamentals in CI/CD software, e.g., Jenkins, GitHub 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

Minimum Qualifications

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

Experience troubleshooting distributed systems, including debugging Java-based stack traces

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering-related field or equivalent related experience

Pay & Benefits

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 $181,100 and $318,400, 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, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.