Summary
Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their best work. Together webuild products and experiences people once couldn't have envisioned and now can'timagine living without. If you're excited by the idea of making an impact, joining a teamwhere we pride ourselves in being one of the most diverse and expansive companies in theworld.Marcom Product and Services keeps Apple.com, one of the most visited websites in theworld, running seamlessly and at scale. We are the engineering team that partners withcreatives, designers, and cross-functional stakeholders to bring Apple's most iconicproduct launches, campaigns, and experiences to life.
Description
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Release Engineer with a strongcoding background to own and streamline our release management process. The idealcandidate is an experienced Go and Python developer with deep expertise in Jenkins andHarness, capable of architecting and optimising CI/CD pipelines for large-scale, mission-critical applications.
Minimum Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in Release Engineering, DevOps, or Build/CI roles
- Strong coding background in Go and Python
- Hands-on expertise with Jenkins pipeline design, shared libraries, distributed builds
- Proven experience with Harness for CI/CD orchestration and deployment governance
- Solid understanding of CI/CD principles, Git workflows, and branching strategies
- Experience with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Proficiency in scripting (Bash, Shell, Groovy) for pipeline automation
- Strong knowledge of Linux systems administration and build automation
- Familiarity with integrating CI/CD pipelines with testing frameworks, quality gates, and artifact repositories (e.g., Artifactory)
- Excellent debugging, troubleshooting, and cross-functional communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with additional CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI)
- Strong working experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible)
- Exposure to feature flagging systems and progressive delivery models (e.g., Argo Rollouts )
- Knowledge of security practices in CI/CD (secrets management, artifact signing, vulnerability scanning)
- Experience with AI/ML-driven automation for build/test/release optimization
- Strong leadership skills to mentor junior engineers and set best practices in release engineering
