Apple has 261 active AI-related job listings. The majority of these roles are focused on agents, accounting for 24% of the total, followed by application (22%) and serving infrastructure (21%). Engineering is the primary function for these positions, with the United States being the dominant hiring country. Frequent tech tags include model serving, inference infrastructure, and LLM observability. Over the last 30 days, Apple has posted 111 new AI roles, representing a 61% increase compared to the previous 30-day period.
Currently tracking 171 active AI roles, down 37% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $120k–$487k (avg $235k).
Apple currently has 233 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Machine Learning Engineer (4), AIML - Sr Data Scientist, Evaluation (2), Advanced Manufacturing Engineer(iPhone) - Smart Manufacturing (2), Machine Learning Engineer, Apple Services Engineering (2), Machine Learning Software Engineer (2). Most positions are in Engineering and Research.
Apple's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (30%), application (21%), serving infrastructure (14%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Apple is hiring AI talent in: United States (182 roles), China (17 roles), India (10 roles), United Kingdom (7 roles).
Job postings at Apple most frequently mention: Machine Learning, Python, Data Science, Large Language Models (LLMs), Statistics.
In the past 30 days, Apple has posted 80 new AI-related roles.
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| Digital Merchandising Manager This role is for a Digital Merchandising Manager on the Apple Store Online team, responsible for delivering a magical, personal digital experience for customers. The manager will lead strategy, development, and execution of regional merchandising and storytelling initiatives, optimizing the e-commerce experience and driving strategic growth. Key responsibilities include leading and mentoring a team, defining digital merchandising plans, driving cross-functional alignment, analyzing store performance, and understanding the customer journey. | — | 0 |
| Partner Communications Manager This role focuses on managing marketing communications with indirect channel partners in Greater China, developing and executing integrated campaigns for Apple products and services. It involves building relationships, identifying market trends, and overseeing fiscal planning to maximize impact. | — | 0 |
| Engineering Program Manager, System Experience |
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| US-Business Pro This role is a Business Pro at Apple Retail, focused on developing and growing relationships with business customers, selling Apple products and solutions, and mentoring the team. It requires strong business and sales acumen, knowledge of Apple products, and understanding of SMB industries and trends. | — | 0 |
| Open Source and Standards Diligence Patent Attorney or Agent Patent Attorney or Agent to perform patent and other risk analysis relating to Apple’s open source and standards participation. Requires BS or higher in CS/Engineering/Physics/Math with software development experience, 5+ years patent work experience, and experience with software licensing, IP terms, IPR policies, open source licenses, or CLAs. | — | 0 |
| UI Software Engineer, Camera & Photos UI Software Engineer for Apple's Camera & Photos team, focusing on image and video editing features that leverage computer vision and machine learning. The role involves building new user experiences for millions of customers, working closely with design, computer vision, and ML teams. | — | 0 |
| Manufacturing Quality Engineer, iPad Manufacturing Quality Engineer for iPad at Apple, focusing on new product development, defining quality requirements, developing measurement technologies and quality systems, implementing inspection tools, driving failure analysis and corrective actions, and establishing audit procedures. Requires BS in Engineering and English communication. Preferred qualifications include experience with process quality plans, supplier audits, failure analysis, mechanical quality concepts, supplier management, manufacturing operations, data analysis, and machine learning knowledge. | — | 0 |
| Internal Engagement Lead - Greater China This role is for an Internal Engagement Lead in Apple Retail, managing a team of regional internal engagement program managers. The focus is on developing and delivering programs, campaigns, and initiatives to engage Apple Retail's customers and teams with Apple's products and services. The role involves leading a team, developing content strategy, driving workforce engagement plans, and ensuring effective communication and storytelling to support retail teams in delivering excellent customer experiences. It requires managerial experience, expertise in communication and learning plans, and navigating large cross-functional organizations. | — | 0 |
| Product Quality Engineer Product Quality Engineer responsible for quality management of products from NPI to Sustaining, leading supplier performance through objective measurements, driving solutions for quality issues, and communicating performance summaries to management. | — | 0 |
| Technical Program Manager, Cables Technical Program Manager for Cables and Accessories at Apple in Hanoi, Vietnam. This role leads a team of engineers in product development, acting as the primary liaison between Apple Design and manufacturing suppliers. Responsibilities include managing engineering builds, product ramps, technical risks, and ensuring product quality through comprehensive test processes and issue resolution. Requires a Bachelor's degree in a related engineering field, experience in new product launches, and strong project management skills. Familiarity with Python, Machine Learning, and AI is preferred but not core to the role. | — | 0 |
| Senior Systems Engineer- Apple Services Engineering Seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to design, build, and support large-scale infrastructure systems for Apple's services, focusing on Linux environments, automation, and cloud computing. This role involves collaborating with engineers, promoting automation and self-service tools, and ensuring systems scale globally and remain highly available. | — | 0 |
| Technical Consultant This role is a Technical Consultant for Apple's Sales organization, focusing on providing technical sales consulting and support to large customers and partners. The goal is to solve business and technical problems, remove technical barriers, and ensure success for both Apple and its customers by integrating Apple's platform into customer environments. The role involves understanding customer needs, delivering technical enablement strategies, and providing pre-sales expertise. | — | 0 |
| BR-Technical Expert This role is for a Technical Expert at Apple Retail, focusing on providing in-person customer support, troubleshooting and repairing Apple products, and educating customers. It involves extensive functional troubleshooting, product knowledge, and customer service skills, with a focus on delivering an 'only-at-Apple' experience. | — | 0 |
| System Quality Assurance Intern - Beats SQA System Quality Assurance Intern for Beats products, focusing on testing, debugging, and ensuring the quality of audio products and software updates before release. Responsibilities include developing test tools, scripting automation, and collaborating with engineering teams. | — | 0 |
| Technical Program Manager, Optical Components Technical Program Manager for Optical Components at Apple in Shenzhen. This role focuses on driving the technical, operational, and quality aspects of optical manufacturing processes for new product introductions through mass production. Responsibilities include working with suppliers and internal teams to improve yield and efficiency, managing factory setup for various optical processes, providing executive-level reports, and using predictive methods to anticipate and resolve issues. Requires a BS/MS in Engineering and 5+ years of high-tech manufacturing experience. | — | 0 |
| Supplier Quality Engineer, Bare PCB Supplier Quality Engineer for Bare Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) in Hanoi, Vietnam. Responsible for leading PCB fabrication activities to ensure process capability and stability for quality product supply. Involves working with suppliers to improve product quality and manufacturing capabilities, evaluating supplier capabilities, and implementing quality requirements. | — | 0 |
| Manufacturing Quality Engineer, Brittles Manufacturing Quality Engineer role focused on developing and optimizing inspection and testing machines, particularly for camera lens optical testing. The role involves partnering with multi-functional teams, developing measurement technologies, control strategies, and manufacturing methods, and driving failure analysis. Programming skills in C/C++/Objective-C are required, with knowledge of Statistics, Data Science, and ML being preferred. | — | 0 |
| Apple Watch, Home and Audio Product Marketing Manager, ANZ Product Marketing Manager for Apple Watch, Home and Audio in ANZ, responsible for driving adoption, go-to-market success, product launches, positioning, and business growth. This role involves collaborating with various internal teams, understanding customer journeys, analyzing market trends, and acting as a liaison between local and worldwide teams. | — | 0 |
| Data Engineer, App Insights Engineering, Services Data Science & Analytics Data Engineer role focused on building and maintaining data infrastructure and pipelines for App Store insights, enabling data-driven decisions for product, business, and engineering teams within Apple's Services Data Science & Analytics organization. The role involves working with large-scale transactional, subscription, engagement, and commerce data. | — | 0 |
| Site Reliability Engineer Site Reliability Engineers with experience in developing processes, tools, and automation for managing distributed systems in production environments. Our SRE team combines software and systems engineering and system administration practices to build and run large-scale, massively distributed, fault-tolerant systems. Our software ensures that Apple’s services are reliable, scalable and secure, and we leverage both open source and home-grown technologies to provide managed data infrastructure services. You will help building next generation search infrastructure and platform services, collaborating cross-functionally with various ASE teams, from store and commerce to search and recommendations. You’ll create platforms that can rapidly scale to serve personalized and non-personalized data with very low latencies. | — | 0 |
| Software Development Engineer - Test Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) role focused on quality engineering for mission-critical software services and data pipelines. Responsibilities include preparing and executing tests for data pipelines, designing and maintaining automated testing scripts and frameworks, identifying and troubleshooting data anomalies, and performing functional and integration testing for various platforms. The role also involves building quality test plans, automation suites, and exploring the use of ML and AI in automation. Requires strong programming skills in Python or Java, expertise in QE processes and tools, API/web services testing, and database/data warehouse validation. | — | 0 |
| Technical Program Manager, Core Tech Technical Program Manager to collaborate with multi-functional teams on the development of Apple products, focusing on automating manual processes and improving manufacturing effectiveness. Responsibilities include acting as a technical lead for issue resolution, assessing manufacturing partners, developing fixtures and automation with suppliers, and developing/optimizing tools for manufacturing data collection and visualization. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer, Trusted Execution (Security Systems), SEAR Software Engineer focused on security systems, specifically the technologies that protect code execution on Apple hardware. Responsibilities include analyzing systems for security gaps, defining and enforcing authorization policies, and building automation and analytics to detect anomalies. The role requires a strong understanding of complex systems and their security properties, with programming proficiency in Python and a systems programming language. | — | 0 |
| Camera Software Frameworks Engineer, Camera & Photos Software Engineer for Apple's Camera Software team, focusing on user-experience for camera features on iPhone. This role involves implementing and testing new features, collaborating cross-functionally, and optimizing for image quality, responsiveness, performance, and efficiency. Requires C/C++/Objective-C, embedded development, and image processing experience. | — | 0 |
| Site Reliability Engineer - Kafka Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with experience in distributed systems, Kafka infrastructure, and production environments. Focus on building and managing scalable, reliable, and fast data infrastructure services, including monitoring, alerting, and automation. Requires proficiency in Java, Go, or Python, and experience with Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, and IaC. | — | 0 |
| Database Systems SRE, ASE Cassandra SRE This role is for a Database Systems SRE focusing on Apache Cassandra for Apple's internet services. Responsibilities include developing and managing software for Cassandra deployment, maintenance automation, backup services, monitoring, and contributing to upstream patches. The role requires expertise in SRE concepts, distributed databases, performance engineering, and operating systems, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and speed at massive scale. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer Senior Software Engineer on the ASE Security Frameworks team at Apple, focusing on building fundamental security services for identity and authorization. The role involves designing and implementing client libraries and SDKs in multiple languages (Java, Go, Swift, Rust, TypeScript) to enhance security posture, including request verification, token issuance/exchange, authentication, authorization, logging, and policy management. Requires strong programming skills, experience in large-scale operations, and knowledge of API security. | — | 0 |
| Tooling Engineer - iPhone (early career) Tooling Engineer for iPhone, focusing on new tool and process development, ensuring tools meet product specifications, performance, and cosmetic requirements within project schedules. Requires a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field, with foundational knowledge of tooling and molding processes. Preferred qualifications include 3+ years of experience, knowledge of polymer science, scientific molding techniques, process optimization, and familiarity with 3D modeling/simulation software. | — | 0 |
| Engineering Manager – Wireless Systems, Wireless Tech and Ecosystems Engineering Manager for Wireless Systems, leading a team in Beijing to deliver next-generation wireless technologies (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, UWB) for Apple products. Responsibilities include managing the team, collaborating with global R&D, supporting manufacturing readiness and production, ensuring RF coverage, defining test plans, analyzing failures, and working with contract manufacturers and vendors. Requires experience in wireless connectivity, RF test tools, and high-volume manufacturing support. Preferred experience with AI development tools. | — | 0 |
| US-Manager This is a retail management role at Apple, focusing on leading a team to deliver exceptional customer experiences, drive business priorities, and uphold company policies. It involves coaching, recruiting, training, and ensuring operational strategies are executed within assigned areas of the store. The role requires experience in leading others in retail or sales and emphasizes strong decision-making, communication, and conflict resolution skills. | — | 0 |
| Associate Creative Director, Experience Design Associate Creative Director for Experience Design at Apple, leading digital initiatives across the ecosystem (web, app, in-store, emerging platforms). Focuses on crafting customer-first solutions that balance design excellence with business and technical realities. Translates insights into experience strategies and designs, partnering with various teams to align vision and priorities. | — | 0 |
| Server-Side Software Engineer – ASE Enterprise Server-Side Software Engineer for Apple's Enterprise team, focusing on the platform for Apple Business and Apple School Manager. The role involves designing, developing, and scaling high-performance, reliable web services and architectures for enterprise clients. Requires strong Java expertise and experience with distributed systems. | — | 0 |
| Senior Art Director Senior Art Director for Apple's Marcom Interactive Experiences group, responsible for designing and scaling marketing and commerce design systems across digital platforms (Apple.com, Apple Store App, etc.) for product launches. The role involves collaborating with creative and technical teams, presenting work to senior staff, and ensuring quality from concept to delivery. | — | 0 |
| Engineering Project Manager, SWE Programs This role is for an Engineering Project Manager (EPM) in the cellular software space at Apple. The EPM will be responsible for driving and shipping large, multi-functional software efforts, partnering with engineering teams throughout the development lifecycle. Key responsibilities include identifying and resolving program issues, communicating with executive leadership, and improving program management processes. The role requires program management experience in wireless software and strong communication and leadership skills. | — | 0 |
| Head of Retail Services Marketing This role leads the marketing strategy for Apple Services within Apple's retail environments, focusing on driving education, acquisition, and engagement. It involves leading a team, setting vision, partnering with LOBs, building alignment, streamlining processes, developing assets, and establishing KPIs. | — | 0 |
| US-Manager This is a retail management role at Apple, focused on leading a team to deliver exceptional customer experiences, drive store performance, and uphold company policies. It involves coaching, recruiting, training, and managing operational strategies within assigned areas of the store. The role emphasizes leadership, customer service, and achieving business goals in a retail environment. | — | 0 |
| Revenue Accountant - Global Services & Commerce Seeking a Revenue Accountant for Apple's Global Services & Commerce Accounting team to manage accounting responsibilities for various services and commerce activities, ensuring revenue recognition, compliance with U.S. GAAP, and leading process improvements. | — | 0 |
| Hardware Reliability Engineer – Ecosystem This role focuses on ensuring the durability and reliability of Apple's hardware products, specifically iPad accessories and input devices. The engineer will develop and implement reliability tests, quantify risks, support failure analysis, and advise on corrective actions, working closely with cross-functional teams from concept to mass production. The role involves rigorous justification of tests based on user behaviors and field stresses, and driving failure analysis to determine root causes and recommend mitigations. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Software Engineer (Distributed System) Build and operate a distributed crawl platform that fetches, renders, and extracts structured knowledge from billions of web pages to power Siri, Apple Intelligence, Spotlight, and Apple Maps. This role focuses on a large-scale, production system with strict latency SLOs and high operational stakes, leveraging modern AI coding tools. | — | 0 |
| US-Manager Manager role at Apple Retail focused on leading and developing a team to deliver exceptional customer experiences, drive store performance, and uphold company policies. Responsibilities include team leadership, coaching, recruiting, training, customer interaction, operational strategy execution, and maintaining company assets. Requires experience leading others in retail or sales. | — | 0 |
| BR-Senior Manager This is a Senior Manager role in Apple Retail, focused on leading a team, driving customer interactions, achieving performance goals, and supporting business strategies. It involves leadership, team development, operational planning, and upholding company policies within a retail environment. | — | 0 |
| Americas Travel Security Lead This role leads travel security for the Americas region at Apple, involving physical security assessments, vendor management, stakeholder collaboration, and project delivery. It requires extensive experience in travel security, particularly in Mexico, and strong analytical and communication skills. | — | 0 |
| Hardware System Integration Electrical Engineer - Mac Electrical Engineer for Mac hardware system integration, responsible for design, implementation, testing, and debugging of electrical subsystems. Involves schematic capture, PCB layout, simulation, bring-up, debug, and validation, collaborating with cross-functional teams. | — | 0 |
| Engineering Program Manager, Central Quality, Apple Services Engineering This role is for an Engineering Program Manager focused on ensuring compliance with global regulations, including the AI Act, Digital Markets Act, and Data Act, within Apple's Services Engineering. The role involves managing and executing diverse engineering programs, collaborating with cross-functional teams (software engineering, operations, legal), and designing scalable solutions to meet regulatory requirements with desired quality. Key responsibilities include overseeing the QA program lifecycle, acting as a subject matter expert for QA, collaborating on test plans, owning the QA sign-off process, tracking status, reporting to stakeholders, and ensuring audit readiness. The role requires strong stakeholder leadership, problem-solving skills, and the ability to understand technical impacts related to business requirements. | — | 0 |
| DevOps Software Engineer - Security Research, SEAR DevOps Software Engineer to scale security research prototypes into reliable, production-grade services. This role involves combining infrastructure and software development to empower security researchers by transforming internal tools into robust production services. Responsibilities include assessing research codebases, building service APIs, designing containerized deployments, establishing CI/CD pipelines, and implementing monitoring and observability practices. | — | 0 |
| Data Platform Engineer Seeking a Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineer with Data engineering expertise to build and operate large-scale distributed data systems using technologies like Kafka Connect, Apache Spark, and Apache Flink. The role involves leading projects, mentoring junior members, and driving data innovation while upholding privacy commitments. | — | 0 |
| Title Marketing Lead, Scripted Series — Apple TV Marketing Lead for Apple TV Scripted Series, responsible for developing and executing culturally resonant, audience-first marketing strategies and go-to-market plans. This role involves leading title teams, driving creative briefs, positioning, and strategy, and overseeing multi-media creative asset execution across paid, owned, and earned initiatives. The position requires close collaboration with internal and external partners, including EPs/Showrunners, talent, agencies, and various Apple teams, to ensure alignment with series positioning and Apple branding. Key responsibilities include managing campaign workflows, tactical execution, prioritizing resources, communicating timelines, and identifying brand partnerships and cross-company promotions. The role requires extensive experience in consumer marketing within the media/entertainment industry, with a focus on drama genre series, and a strong understanding of 360-degree campaigns, media strategy, and digital-first approaches. | — | 0 |
| iOS Engineer- Apple Cloud Products ASE iOS Engineer for Apple Cloud Products, focusing on iCloud Family, PermissionKit, and child/family features. The role involves building customer-facing applications, contributing to iOS/macOS platforms, and collaborating across engineering teams. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Quality & Validation Engineer - Enterprise Services Senior Software Quality & Validation Engineer role focused on testing and validating Apple's enterprise and education software offerings prior to release. Responsibilities include creating policies, developing repeatable testing processes, automating test suites, managing testing environments, and collaborating with engineering teams. Requires experience in enterprise support, validation, test automation, Python/Java, testing frameworks, CI/CD, RESTful APIs, and verifying training data integrity. | — | 0 |
| Legal Counsel - App Store Legal Counsel for Apple's App Store, focusing on regulatory compliance, fraud prevention, transactional matters, and product/policy development. Requires legal experience in technology, online platforms, and new technologies, with a JD and bar admission. | — | 0 |
