AI Engineer Jobs at Apple with Visa Sponsorship
AI Engineer jobs at Apple are built around deep research, production-scale systems, and product integration across hardware and software. The company has a consistent track record of sponsoring work visas for AI Engineers, covering multiple nonimmigrant and immigrant pathways for qualified candidates.
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INTRODUCTION
We are the Apple Services Engineering (ASE) Security Red Team. We focus on deep technical security review work of critical ASE services and infrastructure. These security reviews will be scoped and focused on review depth and quality. We are growing our team and looking for an AI Security Engineer to lead deep reviews that identify meaningful security improvement opportunities. In this role, you will work closely with the security engineering, InfoSec, privacy, SRE, detection, and design review teams to keep Apple's services secure for our users. You will identify security weaknesses, validate and design detection mechanisms, and provide actionable recommendations to enhance our security posture. You will go beyond simple to find risks and identify obscure and complex risks within complex services. You will collaborate with various architecture and engineering teams to continuously validate and improve our security controls and detection capabilities, with a strong focus on developing repeatable testing frameworks and metrics-driven security improvements. If you love diving into complex and important systems, and driving the security of that system over time, we want to talk to you!
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
In this role, you will scope and lead focused security reviews on critical internet scale applications and supporting infrastructure. You will learn the services architecture and risk profile to build a scope that enables a meaningful security review. You will use AI to expedite all stages of your work, while maintaining accountability for all outcomes. You will use your depth of knowledge to identify risks that go undetected by agentic tools and processes to reinforce and improve those processes.
- Responsible for the enumerating risks, planning reviews, and executing those reviews to identify vulnerabilities and improvement opportunities
- A technical expert in uncommon and obscure risks
- A technical expert in complex business logic risks that require a depth of understanding of the services and their architectures
- Ability to identify areas that are ripe for improvement and establish appropriate security goals
- Current on new security technologies, vulnerabilities, and methodologies
- Ability to develop proof of concept systems to automate security recommendations, vulnerability discovery, and process workflows
- Ability to effectively use AI within your workflows
- Ability to identify areas of security risk that require additional focus and review after AI has performed initial reviews
- Ability to contribute improvement opportunities to AI tool and process engineering teams
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 6+ years in an information security field or software engineering; 2 or more of those years conducting security reviews
- 2+ years of manually reviewing source code to assist in finding vulnerabilities
- Experience building or contributing to AI security tools
- Extensive infrastructure, cloud, and application security experience
- Experience communicating risk to engineering and leadership teams
- Experience going deep on complex systems for extended engagements
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science / Engineering with emphasis in security related fields (or equivalent experience)
- Experience constructing threat scenario narratives and building exploit chains
- Community contributions like public CVEs, bug bounty recognition, open source tools, blogs, talks etc.
PAY & BENEFITS
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $175,000 and $308,500, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
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Align your portfolio to Apple's ML stack
Apple's AI teams prioritize on-device inference, Core ML, and privacy-preserving techniques over cloud-heavy architectures. Showcase projects involving model compression, neural engine optimization, or federated learning to match what their hiring teams are actually evaluating.
Target teams where sponsorship is routine
Apple's Siri, Vision Pro, and silicon teams regularly hire AI Engineers from abroad. Filtering your search to these product lines increases your odds of landing on a team with an established sponsorship workflow rather than one that's navigating it for the first time.
Clarify your visa category before the offer stage
Apple sponsors H-1B, E-3, TN, and H-1B1 visa depending on your nationality. Know which category applies to you before interviews so you can answer recruiter questions about authorization confidently and avoid delays when the offer is drafted.
Prepare degree equivalency documentation early
Apple's AI Engineer roles typically require a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field. If your credentials are from outside the U.S., get a credential evaluation from a NACES-approved agency before you receive an offer to avoid holding up the LCA filing with DOL.
Use Migrate Mate to find open AI Engineer roles at Apple
AI Engineer openings at Apple that explicitly support visa sponsorship can be hard to identify through general job boards. Use Migrate Mate to filter Apple's listings by visa type and role so you're only applying to positions where sponsorship is confirmed.
Understand Apple's H-1B timeline if you're switching status
If you're on F-1 OPT, your employer must file your H-1B petition with USCIS by April 1 for an October 1 start. Apple's legal team initiates this process months earlier, so engage your recruiter about timing as soon as your offer is verbal, not after signing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Apple sponsor H-1B visas for AI Engineers?
Yes, Apple sponsors H-1B visas for AI Engineers. Apple participates in the annual H-1B lottery each April for cap-subject candidates and also files cap-exempt petitions for candidates transitioning from qualifying institutions. The process is handled by Apple's in-house immigration legal team, which coordinates with the recruiting team once an offer is extended.
How do I apply for AI Engineer jobs at Apple?
Applications go through Apple's careers portal at jobs.apple.com, where you can search by team or keyword. Because visa-sponsored roles aren't always labeled clearly on general job boards, browsing through Migrate Mate lets you filter Apple's AI Engineer openings specifically by visa type, saving you from applying to roles where sponsorship isn't available.
Which visa types does Apple commonly use for AI Engineers?
Apple sponsors H-1B for most nationalities, E-3 visa for Australian citizens, TN visa for Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying roles, and H-1B1 visa for citizens of Chile and Singapore. For longer-term pathways, Apple also supports EB-2 and EB-3 Green Card sponsorship. F-1 OPT and CPT are available for students earlier in the pipeline.
What qualifications does Apple look for in AI Engineer candidates who need visa sponsorship?
Apple's AI Engineer roles typically require a bachelor's degree at minimum in computer science, electrical engineering, or a closely related field, with a master's or PhD preferred for research-oriented positions. Hands-on experience with frameworks like PyTorch or JAX, familiarity with on-device or edge deployment, and a track record of shipping ML features at scale carry significant weight in the evaluation process.
How do I think about timing when Apple is sponsoring my visa?
If you're relying on the H-1B cap, your employment can't legally begin until October 1 of the fiscal year for which you were selected. Apple's recruiters and immigration counsel typically begin the process months before the April 1 filing deadline, so you'll want your offer finalized and documentation ready no later than February or March to stay on schedule.