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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| Security Developer Tools Engineer (Static Analysis), Languages & Runtimes Develop security and bug-finding tools using static program analysis, compilers, and program analysis techniques to improve software security and reliability within the Apple ecosystem. This role involves end-to-end engineering, collaboration with OS and security teams, and contributions to the Clang/LLVM open-source community. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineering Manager - Client Leader Lead a team responsible for on-device components and capabilities for worldwide Ad delivery within Apple's advertising solutions group. This role involves overseeing software engineering from design to maintenance, with a focus on strategic vision and operational excellence. The team supports app discovery, advertiser promotion, and sponsor connections across Apple platforms. | — | 0 |
| SW Dev Engineer -ASE -Backend Software Engineer role on Apple's iCloud Mail team, focusing on building and maintaining cutting-edge infrastructure for a large-scale production Mail service. Requires strong C/C++/Java, distributed systems, and database experience. |
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| US-Senior Manager This is a Senior Manager role in Apple Retail, focusing on leading a team, driving store performance, and ensuring exceptional customer service. The role involves management, team development, operational strategy, and upholding company policies. It is not directly involved in AI/ML development. | — | 0 |
| Senior Gaming Platform Engineer Senior Gaming Platform Engineer at Apple, focusing on building and evolving developer-facing technologies for games on Apple platforms. This role involves maintaining and expanding Unity plugins, creating new tooling and frameworks for game engines, and implementing cross-platform bridging and interoperability solutions. The goal is to enable richer gaming experiences by leveraging Apple's unique platform features. | — | 0 |
| Communications Operations Strategist This role is for an experienced professional to join Apple's Worldwide Communications team as a strategic partner and operational architect. The individual will design, build, and run the operational systems that enable a world-class communications organization to work at its best, driving planning, execution, and continuous improvement across multiple communications disciplines. Responsibilities include serving as an operational partner, designing team infrastructure, owning program execution, building playbooks, leading change management, developing dashboards, managing project management systems, resolving bottlenecks, and managing vendor relationships. | — | 0 |
| CapEx Global Supply Manager (GSM) - Mechanical Enclosures This role is for a Global Supply Manager (GSM) focused on mechanical enclosures, specifically managing the commercial relationship with manufacturing partners, cost negotiations, supply continuity, risk management, and driving operational efficiencies. The role involves optimizing manufacturing processes for enclosure components by managing equipment, tooling, and fixtures, and working closely with cross-functional teams. Key activities include understanding technical aspects of equipment, identifying cost-optimization opportunities, data analysis, running ROI analysis, managing CapEx budgets, and project organization. The role requires a background in supply chain development, sourcing management, or mechanical engineering with experience in manufacturing practices for enclosure components. | — | 0 |
| Metal Frameworks Engineering Manager Engineering Manager for the Production Metal Frameworks team at Apple, focusing on GPU API design and development for Apple's platforms. Requires experience with GPU APIs, systems engineering, and management. | — | 0 |
| Principal Legal Counsel - Litigation, AIML/Online Safety This role is for a Principal Legal Counsel specializing in litigation related to Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Online Safety. The candidate will provide legal support for Apple's products and businesses, manage complex litigation, and advise on emerging issues in AI/ML and online safety, product liability, and consumer protection. The role requires significant experience in consumer class action or mass tort litigation and a strong interest in technology. | — | 0 |
| Human Interface Designer - Instructional Products Human Interface Designer for Instructional Products at Apple, focusing on creating user interfaces and educational experiences to help users understand and utilize Apple products. Responsibilities include concepting, prototyping, and designing user interfaces for educational content, tutorials, and help systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams. | — | 0 |
| Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) - Brittles Manufacturing Design Engineer responsible for developing and qualifying key mechanical manufacturing processes, selecting equipment, and driving engineering issues to resolution for Apple's supply chain. This role involves defining processes, working with suppliers, and leading process development in areas like CNC machining, surface finishing, glass processing, assembly, or painting. | — | 0 |
| Tooling Engineer- Metal Seeking an experienced metal tooling engineer to interface between product design and suppliers, driving development of metal forming tooling and processes. Responsibilities include providing Design for Manufacturing (DFM) input, guiding suppliers in tool design and part manufacturing, enabling robust manufacturing process flow, and optimizing tools and processes through DOEs and builds. | — | 0 |
| Wi-Fi Software Engineer, Wireless Technologies & Ecosystems Software Engineer role focused on Wi-Fi networking subsystem software for Apple products, involving design, development, optimization, and full software development cycle ownership. Requires C/C++ experience, OS fundamentals, and networking protocol knowledge. Exposure to AI/ML tools is mentioned. | — | 0 |
| UI Software Engineer, Camera & Photos UI Software Engineer for Apple's Photos team, focusing on image and video editing features. The role involves building user experiences that leverage computer vision and machine learning, working closely with design and ML teams to deliver features to millions of users. | — | 0 |
| Tooling Engineer - Metal Stamping Seeking an experienced metal tooling and process engineer to interface between product design and suppliers, driving the development of metal forming tooling and processes. Responsibilities include providing Design for Manufacturing (DFM) input, working with suppliers on tool and part manufacturing, enabling robust manufacturing process flow, optimizing tools and processes through DOEs, and applying Six Sigma methodologies. | — | 0 |
| Environmental Innovation SME - Carbon, Chemistry, and Circularity Innovation (3Ci) This role focuses on driving innovation in environmental sustainability, specifically in carbon, chemistry, and circularity within Apple's supply chain. It involves scouting new climate technologies, evaluating supplier capabilities, commercializing new processes, and leading cross-functional projects. The candidate needs a strong technical background in a relevant field (e.g., Chemistry, Engineering) combined with commercial acumen for supplier negotiations and financial modeling. | — | 0 |
| Apple Ads - Campaign Operations Specialist This role supports the end-to-end process for digital advertising campaigns, including content review, trafficking, scheduling, and quality assurance. It involves collaborating with business, sales, and operations teams to optimize workflows, enforce policies, and report on campaign performance. The role requires experience with digital advertising platforms and ad servers. | — | 0 |
| AirPods Software Engineer, Sensing & Connectivity Software Engineer role focused on developing embedded Bluetooth stack features for AirPods and other accessories, as well as system software on iOS/visionOS devices. The role involves end-to-end ownership of critical software components on both sides of the wireless connection, aiming to create seamless connected experiences and innovate across the entire stack. Responsibilities include bringing up new audio products, ensuring secure wireless communications, debugging complex issues, and creating diagnostic tools. The role requires strong C/C++ skills and understanding of systems programming, with a preference for experience in RTOS, embedded systems, and real-time audio or wireless technologies. The company mentions leveraging AI/LLM tools for productivity. | — | 0 |
| Global Supply Manager (GSM) - Strategic Materials This role manages Apple's key material supplier relationships, from early-stage development through mass production. The GSM works at the intersection of engineering, business, and design to ensure product launches are on time, on cost, and meet quality standards. Responsibilities include negotiating with suppliers, architecting supply continuity, driving cost efficiencies, and managing color and gloss of materials. The role requires a strong background in supply chain, materials science, or manufacturing processes. | — | 0 |
| UI Frameworks Engineer, Swift Platform Experience This role focuses on developing features and APIs for SwiftUI and UIKit frameworks to improve the developer experience on Apple's platforms. It involves research, API design, development in Swift, and documentation, impacting over a billion users. | — | 0 |
| UI Frameworks Senior Engineer, Swift Platform Experience Software Engineer on the UI Frameworks team at Apple, focusing on developing features and APIs for SwiftUI and UIKit across all Apple platforms. The role involves research, API design, development in Swift, and providing guidance to developers, aiming to improve app development experience and quality. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer - Field Diagnostics Engineering Senior Software Engineer role focused on designing and developing next-generation diagnostic tools for Apple Devices, integrating with OS releases, and ensuring hardware-software synergy for improved customer repair experiences. The role involves implementing diagnostic features, leading architectural design, and mentoring engineers. | — | 0 |
| Director, Head of Legal Discovery & Strategy This role is for a Director, Head of Legal Discovery & Strategy at Apple. The primary focus is on leading the global Discovery Program, providing strategic advice, and building scaled operational solutions. While the role involves advising on the use of AI/ML and other emerging technologies to improve discovery compliance and efficiency, the core function is legal strategy and program management, not the direct development or deployment of AI models. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Art Director, Interactive Apple is seeking a Sr. Art Director for its Marcom Interactive Experiences group. This role will be responsible for envisioning and building best-in-class marketing and commerce design systems for Apple's digital platforms, including Apple.com, Apple Store App, and Apple Store Online. The Sr. Art Director will collaborate with creative leads and technical disciplines to create design systems that scale from iOS to Web, guiding projects from concept through production and delivery. The role requires strong strategic thinking, systematic design, and the ability to navigate complex stakeholder relationships. | — | 0 |
| WWRFO Operations Excellence Program Manager This role is for an Operations Excellence Program Manager at Apple, focusing on ensuring flawless product availability for Apple customers and channels globally. The role involves managing systems, programs, and execution frameworks for NPI launches, purchasing strategies, and promotional programs. Key responsibilities include leading OE execution for NPI launches, transforming operational strategies into programs, owning the WW execution tool and system portfolio, and partnering with various teams to identify gaps and drive process improvements. The role requires strong program management, supply chain, and communication skills, with a focus on driving complex global programs in a retail fulfillment operations environment. | — | 0 |
| Site Reliability Engineer, Customer Systems Site Reliability Engineer role focused on designing, building, and delivering scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure for customer-facing applications and services. Responsibilities include infrastructure as code, automation, intelligent monitoring, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Requires experience with Kubernetes, scripting (Shell, Python, Ansible), monitoring tools, and networking protocols. | — | 0 |
| Sr Site Reliability Engineer, Customer Systems Site Reliability Engineer for Customer Systems at Apple, focusing on designing, building, and delivering highly scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure. The role involves automation, intelligent monitoring, and CI/CD pipeline management for customer-facing applications and services. | — | 0 |
| Partner Content Manager Content Manager for Apple Wallet, Payments, and Commerce (WPC) Partner Enablement team, focusing on creating third-party facing content and communications for global Apple Pay and Apple Wallet communities. Requires experience in digital content production, collaboration with creative and technical teams, and managing large-scale projects. | — | 0 |
| Invoicing Compliance Team Lead This role is a Team Lead for the Invoicing Compliance team within Apple's Global Business Solutions (GBS) group. The primary focus is on overseeing the end-to-end invoicing lifecycle for the Americas, ensuring billing completeness and accuracy. Key responsibilities include managing SOX controls, partnering with the Global Process Optimization (GPO) team, and leading a team of billing analysts. The role requires strong analytical skills, experience with ERP systems like SAP, and a background in finance or accounting. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer iCloud- Apple Services Engineering Software Engineer role focused on maintaining and enhancing internal business-critical applications for iCloud Tools Engineering. The role involves platform modernization and developing intelligent features leveraging Gen AI, with a focus on backend systems, APIs, micro-services, and user interfaces. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential. | — | 0 |
| iPad & Input Product Design Engineering Program Manager Program Manager for iPad & Input Product Design Engineering at Apple, leading the technical execution of hardware development for next-generation iPads and input devices. Focuses on end-to-end program strategy, risk mitigation, cross-functional team alignment, and manufacturing readiness for highly integrated consumer electronics. | — | 0 |
| EHS/Machine Safety Engineer - Environment and Supply Chain Innovation (ESCI) This role focuses on EHS (Environment, Health, and Safety) and Machine Safety Engineering within Apple's supply chain, specifically for emerging manufacturing technologies. The engineer will be responsible for developing and implementing safety initiatives, conducting hazard assessments, and creating safety protocols to ensure compliance and mitigate risks in the supply chain. While the role mentions a "data driven approach" and "data-driven insights," the core function is safety engineering and risk management in an industrial context, not the development or direct application of AI/ML models. | — | 0 |
| Adhesive & Laser Lab Engineer - Advanced Process Lab This role focuses on developing, optimizing, and sustaining precision adhesive joint systems and laser processing operations within an advanced manufacturing lab. It involves materials science, process engineering, experimental design, and collaboration with cross-functional teams and suppliers. The role requires hands-on experience with adhesive processes and laser equipment, with a focus on continuous improvement and documentation. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Ads Senior Software Engineer role focused on building and maintaining a high-availability, low-latency ad serving platform. Responsibilities include leading cross-functional teams, designing and implementing performant distributed systems, and working with advertising domain experts to handle various ad use cases. Requires strong experience in distributed systems, microservices, and Java, with a focus on public cloud technologies. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Financial Analyst - AppleCare Finance This role is for a Sr. Financial Analyst within AppleCare Finance, focusing on financial leadership and decision support for AppleCare distribution centers in the Americas. Responsibilities include analyzing, managing, and reporting on operational costs, developing financial models, performing scenario analyses, and leading forecasting and close activities. The role requires strong analytical and financial modeling skills, experience with enterprise software, and the ability to influence business partners. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Software Engineer - Apple Cloud Product Services Software Engineer role focused on building and optimizing high-scale Java services for Apple Cloud Product Services, impacting millions of users daily. Responsibilities include system architecture, technical direction, data modeling, API definition, caching strategies, and developing/deploying/optimizing distributed systems and micro-services. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer - Hardware Engineering Operations Software Engineer role focused on developing internal applications, frameworks, and services that enhance the engineering lifecycle at Apple. The role involves building scalable software solutions, workflow automation, and web-based tools, with an emphasis on full-stack development, data pipelines, and APIs. While AI is mentioned as a component of the applications, the core craft of the role is software engineering for internal tools, not direct AI/ML model development or research. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer, Device Management, CoreOS Software Engineer role focused on device management technologies for Apple devices in educational and business environments. The role involves influencing product features, implementing OS-level functionality, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enable efficient configuration and management of Apple devices. Key responsibilities include improving the core MDM networking protocol and functionality, and collaborating on device management solutions. Requires experience with C-like programming languages and concurrent programming concepts. Familiarity with MDM and Declarative Device Management is preferred. | — | 0 |
| Front End SW Engineer - iOS / Web - iCloud Software Engineer for Apple's iCloud Mail, Calendar & Contacts client team, focusing on iOS, macOS, and Web applications. The role involves building user interfaces, client frameworks, and ensuring performance and power efficiency. It requires strong programming fundamentals, experience with web service APIs, and a focus on quality and testing. The position is for a mature product in the consumer domain. | — | 0 |
| Manufacturing Design Engineer (MDE) - iPhone Manufacturing Design Engineer for iPhone at Apple, focusing on developing and optimizing key mechanical manufacturing processes across the supply chain. This role involves defining processes, selecting equipment, driving engineering issues to resolution, and utilizing data analysis for process improvements in areas like CNC machining, surface finishing, glass processing, assembly, and painting. | — | 0 |
| Site Reliability Engineer, Enterprise Technology Services Site Reliability Engineer for Enterprise Technology Services at Apple, focusing on automating operations, optimizing infrastructure, and ensuring system reliability, scalability, and performance. The role involves working with application teams and requires experience in SRE, DevOps, software engineering, and scripting languages. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer, Freeform Application Software Engineer role focused on building features for the Freeform application on iOS and Mac. Responsibilities include UI development, integrating system technologies, optimizing performance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Requires experience in Swift/Objective-C and Apple platforms. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer, Enterprise & Education Frameworks, CoreOS Software Engineer role focused on building systems for configuring and managing Apple devices in educational and business environments. The role involves developing OS-level functionality, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and influencing product features related to device management and user experience. | — | 0 |
| Partner and Performance Program Manager This role is a Program Manager for Apple Pay Wallet and Payments Operations, focusing on process improvement, operational excellence, and cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, finance, operations, and strategy teams. The role involves partnering with external vendors and financial institutions, defining support strategies, and resolving issues. While the role operates within a fintech domain and collaborates with engineering, it does not involve direct AI/ML model development or research. | — | 0 |
| Product Launch Manager, WW Marketing Product Launch Manager for Apple's Worldwide Marketing team, responsible for end-to-end product launch processes, marketing deliverables, and cross-functional collaboration. The role involves managing timelines, driving review rounds, creating training materials, and adapting messaging for different markets, with a focus on live-streaming formats in China. | — | 0 |
| Audio Reliability Engineer This role focuses on ensuring and improving the durability and reliability of audio hardware products. Responsibilities include developing reliability tests, analyzing test reports, performing statistical analysis for design risk assessments, and researching new technologies to understand failure mechanisms. The role collaborates with various engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle. | — | 0 |
| Senior Legal Counsel - IP Litigation Senior Legal Counsel - IP Litigation at Apple, focusing on non-patent IP litigation such as trade secret, copyright, trademark, and rights of publicity. The role involves formulating and driving IP litigation strategy, providing counsel to internal clients, and managing risks. Experience with AI copyright matters is preferred. The role is part of Apple's Legal group, supporting global products and businesses. | — | 0 |
| Advanced Manufacturing Engineer - Audio This role focuses on developing and implementing advanced manufacturing processes for Apple's audio products, emphasizing automation, quality, and efficiency from concept to mass production. It involves designing assembly and measurement processes, researching new technologies, scaling automated solutions, and providing technical leadership to suppliers and internal teams. | — | 0 |
| Product Design Engineering Program Manager- Home Product Design Engineering Program Manager for Home products at Apple, focusing on mechanical components from architecture to mass production. Responsibilities include managing prototype builds, leading cross-functional teams and vendors, understanding technical issues, risk mitigation, and schedule management. Requires BS in Engineering (ME preferred) and 3+ years of program management or mechanical engineering design experience. | — | 0 |
| FPGA Design Engineer - Instrument Engineering FPGA Design Engineer for Software-Defined Radios and RF/Analog Test Equipment used in the development and testing of Apple's wireless communication products. | — | 0 |
