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Apple is hiring: 2,511 open roles, 426 new this week

Ashney watches Apple's own careers board all day. Here is what is open right now: where, which teams, what the postings pay, what they ask for and which governments list Apple as a visa sponsor.

Updated 2 Nov 2026, 15:22 UTC · tracked since August 2026
2,511open roles
426new in the last 7 days
9countries and regions
3countries list it as a visa sponsor

Does Apple sponsor visas?

Apple appears on the official sponsor lists of three countries. These are the governments' own records, checked against the legal entity that hires there.

CountryOfficial recordApple entityEvidenceTagged open roles
United StatesH-1B sponsorApple Inc.7,034 H-1B filings, last 4 quarters1,462
IrelandIrish permit employerApple Operations International Limited31 employment permits, this year and last3
United KingdomLicensed sponsorApple Europe LimitedOn the Home Office register82

What this does and doesn't mean. Being on a list shows Apple has sponsored work visas in that country. It doesn't promise a given role will, so ask the recruiter before you apply.

Hiring pace

Roles Apple opened each week since 14 September.

020040060052514 Sept37221 Sept41928 Sept3795 Oct39612 Oct47219 Oct42626 Oct9this week
OpenedLighter bar: this week so far
Apple is opening roles at a steady pace, about 439 a week. In the last 30 days: 1,686 opened. Ashney began recording when Apple's roles close on 30 October; closed roles show here from 28 January.

Where the open roles are

  • United States1,852
  • Other countries352
  • India100
  • United Kingdom82
  • Rest of Europe60
  • Singapore55
  • Australia5
  • Ireland3
  • Rest of Asia-Pacific1
  • Canada1

Which teams are hiring

Every open role, sorted into a job type by reading the whole posting, not just the title.

  • Other roles488
  • Software Engineering417
  • Hardware / Embedded293
  • Data & ML275
  • Engineering (other)137
  • IT & Infrastructure121
  • Technical Program Management117
  • QA & Testing112
  • Sales86
  • Engineering Management61
  • Marketing50
  • Security47
  • + 15 more types, 307 roles

What the postings pay

Only what Apple's own postings state, in the currency most of them use.

$187,850

middle of the stated ranges (44 postings, per year)

$133,500–$277,600

the range most postings state (the lowest and highest 5% left out)

What Apple asks for, by team

The Ashney Intelligence Engine read 1,951 of Apple's 2,511 open postings and noted every skill they ask for. Shown: the technology each team's postings name most, by Ask Rate, the share of a team's postings that ask for it. Left out: each team's own core practices, everyday office and work-tracking tools, and soft skills. Only teams with 10 or more roles read.

777 of 1,951Apple roles ask for Python, across most of its teams. If you have it, lead with it.

Software Engineering

404 roles read
  • Python40%
  • C++39%
  • C33%
  • Java30%
  • Swift29%
  • Kubernetes21%

Hardware / Embedded

284 roles read
  • Python50%
  • Perl37%
  • SystemVerilog31%
  • Verilog23%
  • UVM22%
  • PCIe19%

Data & ML

267 roles read
  • Python78%
  • machine learning75%
  • PyTorch44%
  • large language models32%
  • TensorFlow28%
  • SQL21%

Engineering (other)

122 roles read
  • Python39%
  • MATLAB25%
  • JMP16%
  • Cadence EDA tools15%
  • PCIe15%
  • machine learning13%

IT & Infrastructure

120 roles read
  • Python67%
  • Kubernetes62%
  • Linux53%
  • AWS43%
  • Java36%
  • Go35%

QA & Testing

109 roles read
  • Python80%
  • C35%
  • Swift29%
  • C++28%
  • macOS24%
  • artificial intelligence23%

Technical Program Management

103 roles read
  • machine learning32%
  • artificial intelligence15%
  • generative AI10%
  • large language models8%
  • DDR7%
  • agentic AI7%

Sales

85 roles read
  • CRM7%
  • Salesforce6%
  • iOS6%
  • Active Directory2%
  • NFC2%
  • Tableau2%

Engineering Management

58 roles read
  • machine learning38%
  • Python28%
  • Swift26%
  • Java22%
  • artificial intelligence19%
  • iOS19%

Also 10+ roles read: Marketing (48), Security (47), Operations (44), Product Management (41), Design (37), Project Management (36), Legal (32), Finance (26), Customer Support (21), Data Analytics (16), Solutions / Sales Engineering (15) and People & HR (14).

Industries Apple's postings name: manufacturing (3%), e-commerce (3%), payments (3%), advertising (2%) and retail (2%).

Certifications named: PMP (1%), CPA (1%) and CCNP (0%).

Source: Ashney Intelligence Engine, 2 Nov 2026, 15:22 UTC.

Newest roles

The 12 newest roles on Apple's careers board.

Your Radar

See which Apple roles fit you

Upload your CV once. Ashney checks you against every open role it tracks, Apple's 2,511 included, and puts the ones that fit on your Radar.

  • 82fitHow well the role fits you, out of 100
  • The readWhy it fits you, in plain words
  • GapWhat's missing from your CV
  • Skills 5/7Which of its skills your CV already shows
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Cellular 5G /4G Physical Layer Firmware Engineer
Apple · Bengaluru · posted 5 days ago
Writes the physical-layer firmware for Apple's cellular modem, implementing 3GPP 4G and 5G channel processing on specialized cellular ASIC hardware.
gapAsks for JTAG and digital signal processing, which your CV doesn't show.
Skills (5/7)✓ C++ · ✓ computer architecture · ✓ concurrent programming · ✓ C · ✓ Python · ✗ JTAG · ✗ digital signal processing
An example. On your Radar, the fit, the gap and the ticks come from your own CV.

Questions people ask about Apple jobs

Answered from the data on this page.

How many jobs is Apple hiring for?

2,511 open roles as of 2 Nov 2026, 15:22 UTC. 426 were posted in the last 7 days.

Does Apple sponsor visas?

Apple is on the official sponsor records of the United States (7,034 H-1B filings, last 4 quarters), Ireland (31 employment permits, this year and last) and the United Kingdom. Being on a record shows Apple has sponsored work visas there; it doesn't promise a given role will.

Where is Apple hiring?

Mostly in the United States (1,852 roles), then other countries (352), India (100) and the United Kingdom (82).

How much does Apple pay?

The 44 Apple postings that state pay mostly range from $133,500 to $277,600 a year, with the middle of the ranges at $187,850.

What skills does Apple look for?

Python above all: 777 of the 1,951 Apple postings the Ashney Intelligence Engine read ask for it. Software Engineering roles ask most for Python, C++ and C; Hardware / Embedded roles ask most for Python, Perl and SystemVerilog.

How Ashney knows

Ashney watches Apple's own careers board all day, the same way for 46,659+ companies, and records when each role appears and when it closes. Each posting is read in full to sort it into a job type and pull out what it states (pay, years, location). Sponsor records come from the governments' published lists: US Labor Department H-1B filings, the UK Home Office register, Ireland's employment permit statistics, Canada's LMIA list and the Dutch IND register. This page is rebuilt every 6 hours.

Ashney is not affiliated with Apple. Job data comes from Apple's public careers board; sponsor data from government records.