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The Operations Finance team is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Data Engineer to drive our financial data platform forward. We work with logistics and supply-chain business to understand current and future processes and systems, and its impact on finance activities including costing and forecasting. We also work with engineering teams to build finance data platforms and automation solutions to support logistics business.
If you thrive in a fast-moving, collaborative environment and want to solve complex problems with new technology-driven data systems, we’d love to hear from you.
Description
Operations Finance Data Engineer role requires you understand, document and re-engineer Apple's logistics costing and forecast processes, while bringing strong technical expertise in data querying, dashboard development, and large-scale data analysis. You’ll design and build scalable data models, modern Data & Business solutions leveraging tools such as Dataiku, partner with engineering teams to create Agentic/GenAI applications to improve reporting efficiency, enhance data transparency, and support strategic decision-making.
This is a hands-on role working closely with logistics & supply chain finance business partners and cross-functional engineering teams, while also making recommendations to senior leadership. Your work will strengthen data quality, drive automation, and unlock new capabilities at scale.
Responsibilities
- Understand and document finance processes in the logistics & supply chain space.
- Identify and implement process reengineering and automation opportunities to drive efficiency gains.
- Collaborate with financial analysts, engineers, and operations experts to understand data needs and translate them into scalable data foundational structures.
- Build scalable, flexible, and high-performance data pipelines optimized for analytics, reporting, and AI/GenAI workloads.
- Implement best practices in data modeling, governance, lineage, quality, and documentation to drive trust and consistency across the data ecosystem.
- Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to build and support vector-ready data models, feature pipelines, metadata systems, and other foundations required for Agentic & GenAI applications.
Minimum Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of working experience as a data engineer building end-to-end data pipelines.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.
- Advanced SQL skills for complex transformations, optimization, and troubleshooting.
- Python proficiency, comfortable writing clean, maintainable Python for data pipelines and automation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with scheduling systems and CI/CD tools such as Airflow, Jenkins, etc.
- Hands-on experience working with relational database management system such as Snowflake, PostgreSQL or similar cloud data warehouses.
- Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance and Accounting process knowledge is a plus.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work independently.
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 $149,200 and $249,000, 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 with Apple's platforms
Apple's Developer roles are heavily tied to its own ecosystem, Swift, Xcode, Metal, and Apple Silicon. Contributions to open-source projects on these platforms, or published App Store work, signal directly relevant experience that hiring managers look for before sponsorship conversations begin.
Target teams with hardware-software integration work
Apple's most active Developer hiring sits at the intersection of hardware and software, think kernel engineers, silicon enablement, and CoreOS. Roles tied to custom silicon development tend to have longer-term visa sponsorship runways because the work is deeply specialized and hard to replace.
Verify your OPT STEM extension eligibility early
If you're on F-1 OPT, confirm your degree qualifies for the 24-month STEM extension before your initial 12 months expire. Apple is E-Verify enrolled, which is a federal requirement for STEM OPT employers, so that hurdle is already cleared on their end.
Use Migrate Mate to surface open Developer roles
Apple posts Developer openings across multiple teams simultaneously, and roles can close quickly. Use Migrate Mate to filter specifically for Apple Developer positions that include visa sponsorship, so you're applying to live openings rather than chasing listings that have already filled.
Prepare for the H-1B cap timeline if you're offshore
If you're applying from outside the U.S. without cap-exempt status, H-1B registration opens in March for an October 1 start. Apple's in-house immigration team moves quickly once an offer is extended, but you need an approved offer before the registration window opens.
Understand how Apple structures the LCA filing
The DOL Labor Condition Application is employer-filed and must be certified before your H-1B petition goes to USCIS. Apple's immigration team handles this internally, but knowing the sequence, LCA certification, then I-129 filing, helps you ask the right questions during the offer stage.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Apple sponsor H-1B visas for Developers?
Yes, Apple sponsors H-1B visas for Developer roles and has done so consistently across engineering disciplines. The process is handled by Apple's in-house immigration team, which files the Labor Condition Application with the DOL and the I-129 petition with USCIS on your behalf once an offer is extended and accepted.
How do I apply for Developer jobs at Apple?
Applications go through Apple's careers portal at apple.com/careers. Roles are organized by team and product area, so searching by technology, Swift, machine learning, silicon, or platform, narrows results faster than browsing by title alone. Migrate Mate also aggregates open Developer positions at Apple that include visa sponsorship, which makes filtering for sponsored roles faster.
Which visa types does Apple commonly sponsor for Developer roles?
Apple sponsors H-1B and H-1B1 visas for most Developer hires, along with E-3 visas for Australian citizens and TN visa status for Canadian and Mexican nationals. For longer-term pathways, Apple supports EB-2 and EB-3 Green Card sponsorship. F-1 students on OPT or CPT can also work at Apple while the longer-term petition is in process.
What qualifications does Apple expect for Developer roles requiring sponsorship?
Most Developer roles at Apple require a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, electrical engineering, or a directly related field, this is also what makes the position eligible as a specialty occupation under H-1B rules. Practical experience with Apple's frameworks, low-level systems programming, or hardware-adjacent software is weighted heavily alongside academic credentials.
How long does the visa sponsorship process take after an Apple offer?
For H-1B transfers from an existing cap-subject approval, Apple can file immediately and you can start within days of USCIS receipt. For new cap-subject H-1B cases, you're tied to the annual lottery and October 1 start date, which can mean a wait of six months or more. USCIS premium processing, available for an additional fee, reduces adjudication to around 15 business days.