Mid Level Site Reliability Engineering Manager Jobs
Mid level site reliability engineering manager jobs go to engineers ready to own reliability initiatives end to end, mentor junior engineers, and make architectural decisions with limited oversight. Openings are 31% remote or hybrid across Technology & Software, Staffing & Recruiting, and Electronics & Hardware, with employers like TikTok USDS Joint Venture, Braze, and Baseten hiring at this level now.
Find JobsOverview
Showing 4 of 59+ Mid Level Site Reliability Engineering Manager jobs
SUMMARY
The Apple Services Engineering team (ASE) is one of the most exciting examples of Apple's long-held passion for combining art and technology. These are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books — at extensive scale, meeting high expectations to deliver a huge variety of entertainment in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries. Within ASE, the Apple Data Platform SRE team keeps a massive, multi-cloud platform running for thousands of internal engineers building the next generation of data and AI products at Apple. We sit at the intersection of infrastructure, automation, and customer success — running incident response, providing hands-on support to internal teams, and partnering with developers to make cutting-edge services like Spark, Flink, Airflow, Ray, Notebooks and LLM-based agent platforms reliable at scale.
DESCRIPTION
This is a rare opportunity to build deep expertise across one of the most technically diverse platforms at Apple — while specialising in an area that's shaping the future of how Apple builds and operates AI. As an SRE on Apple Data Platform, you'll operate and support the team's full portfolio, from big data pipelines to multi-cloud infrastructure, and grow into the team's go-to expert for ML/AI platform services — including Ray training and serving, LangGraph agent deployments, RAG architectures, embeddings platforms, and vector store platforms. You won't be building the models yourself, but you'll be the infrastructure backbone behind the teams who do — keeping their services, pipelines, and platforms running flawlessly in production so they can focus on innovation. We're looking for a self-motivated engineer who thrives on ownership — someone who wants a set of services to call their own, the autonomy to drive their reliability roadmap, and the collaborative instinct to keep that work aligned with the team's broader direction. If you love solving hard operational problems, enjoy being the trusted expert customers turn to, and want a front-row seat to Apple's ML/AI infrastructure evolution, this role offers real room to grow your scope and impact over time.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, an engineering-related field, or equivalent related experience.
- 3+ years in a Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure-focused role.
- Proficient in Python; working knowledge of Golang a plus.
- Experience with Kubernetes and at least one major cloud provider (AWS or GCP).
- Exposure to operating or supporting ML pipelines, model-serving infrastructure, or LLM-based systems in production.
- Strong communication skills and composure under pressure during incidents.
- Solid grounding in SRE principles, with prior on-call or production-support experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Hands-on experience operating or supporting Ray (training/serving), LangGraph or similar agent orchestration frameworks, RAG architectures, embeddings platforms, or vector store platforms.
- Familiarity with MCP-based tooling and ML lifecycle/dataset management systems.
- Experience with S3 and cloud storage/networking fundamentals.
- Familiarity with observability tooling: Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, PagerDuty.
- Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
- Deep understanding of one or more Big Data technologies (Spark, Flink, Airflow, Trino, Notebooks).
- A track record of automating manual operations through scripting or tooling.
- Intellectual curiosity and a drive to keep learning — for yourself, your team, and the org.
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.
At Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You’ll find that idea reflected in everything here — in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong.
Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.
SUMMARY
The Apple Services Engineering team (ASE) is one of the most exciting examples of Apple's long-held passion for combining art and technology. These are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books — at extensive scale, meeting high expectations to deliver a huge variety of entertainment in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries. Within ASE, the Apple Data Platform SRE team keeps a massive, multi-cloud platform running for thousands of internal engineers building the next generation of data and AI products at Apple. We sit at the intersection of infrastructure, automation, and customer success — running incident response, providing hands-on support to internal teams, and partnering with developers to make cutting-edge services like Spark, Flink, Airflow, Ray, Notebooks and LLM-based agent platforms reliable at scale.
DESCRIPTION
This is a rare opportunity to build deep expertise across one of the most technically diverse platforms at Apple — while specialising in an area that's shaping the future of how Apple builds and operates AI. As an SRE on Apple Data Platform, you'll operate and support the team's full portfolio, from big data pipelines to multi-cloud infrastructure, and grow into the team's go-to expert for ML/AI platform services — including Ray training and serving, LangGraph agent deployments, RAG architectures, embeddings platforms, and vector store platforms. You won't be building the models yourself, but you'll be the infrastructure backbone behind the teams who do — keeping their services, pipelines, and platforms running flawlessly in production so they can focus on innovation. We're looking for a self-motivated engineer who thrives on ownership — someone who wants a set of services to call their own, the autonomy to drive their reliability roadmap, and the collaborative instinct to keep that work aligned with the team's broader direction. If you love solving hard operational problems, enjoy being the trusted expert customers turn to, and want a front-row seat to Apple's ML/AI infrastructure evolution, this role offers real room to grow your scope and impact over time.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, an engineering-related field, or equivalent related experience.
- 3+ years in a Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure-focused role.
- Proficient in Python; working knowledge of Golang a plus.
- Experience with Kubernetes and at least one major cloud provider (AWS or GCP).
- Exposure to operating or supporting ML pipelines, model-serving infrastructure, or LLM-based systems in production.
- Strong communication skills and composure under pressure during incidents.
- Solid grounding in SRE principles, with prior on-call or production-support experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Hands-on experience operating or supporting Ray (training/serving), LangGraph or similar agent orchestration frameworks, RAG architectures, embeddings platforms, or vector store platforms.
- Familiarity with MCP-based tooling and ML lifecycle/dataset management systems.
- Experience with S3 and cloud storage/networking fundamentals.
- Familiarity with observability tooling: Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, PagerDuty.
- Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
- Deep understanding of one or more Big Data technologies (Spark, Flink, Airflow, Trino, Notebooks).
- A track record of automating manual operations through scripting or tooling.
- Intellectual curiosity and a drive to keep learning — for yourself, your team, and the org.
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.
At Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You’ll find that idea reflected in everything here — in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong.
Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.
See All 59 Mid Level Site Reliability Engineering Manager Jobs
Find roles that match your experience and apply in just a few clicks.
Find JobsMid Level Site Reliability Engineering Manager Job Market
Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software35
- Staffing & Recruiting3
- Electronics & Hardware3
- Investment & Asset Management3
- Energy2
Mid Level Site Reliability Engineering Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a mid level site reliability engineering manager job?
Position yourself around concrete ownership: highlight systems you have designed, incidents you have led end to end, and reliability improvements you can quantify. Tailor your resume to show cross-functional influence and decision-making, not just task execution. Emphasize experience with SLOs, on-call processes, and tooling decisions you drove, and be ready to discuss tradeoffs you owned with limited manager involvement.
Which companies hire mid level site reliability engineering managers?
Companies hiring mid level site reliability engineering managers right now include TikTok USDS Joint Venture, Braze, and Baseten, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. At this level, hiring is spread across technology firms, financial services companies, and large enterprises building out dedicated SRE functions to manage complex distributed systems.
Are there remote mid level site reliability engineering manager jobs?
Yes, remote and hybrid options are common at this level. About 31% of mid level site reliability engineering manager openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting strong demand for experienced engineers who can operate independently without daily on-site supervision. On-site roles tend to cluster in regulated industries or companies with strict infrastructure security requirements.
How do I move up to a mid level site reliability engineering manager role?
Moving from entry level into a mid level site reliability engineering manager role takes deliberate expansion of scope. Focus on taking full ownership of a service or subsystem, contributing to on-call design, and demonstrating initiative beyond assigned tickets. Building fluency with observability platforms, automation pipelines, and capacity planning, while mentoring at least one junior engineer, signals readiness for mid level responsibilities to hiring teams.
Which industries hire the most mid level site reliability engineering managers?
Mid Level site reliability engineering manager roles concentrate in Technology & Software, Staffing & Recruiting, and Electronics & Hardware, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors invest heavily in reliability engineering at the mid level because their platforms operate at scale, where downtime carries direct business cost and experienced engineers who can own reliability outcomes independently are in sustained demand.