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Get Access To All JobsAt Apple, great ideas quickly become phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences. Join us in building the future of energy! One way we are making the world better is our Apple 2030 initiative - a commitment to become carbon neutral across our entire business, manufacturing supply chain, and product life cycle by 2030, including the electricity used to power Apple devices. We build robust, highly scalable services that support this mission, working across distributed systems, security, and privacy with a focus on reliability and disruptive, meaningful impact.
Description
You will help architect and evolve the Energy Services platform, shaping how it scales and stays resilient as we add new features and partner integrations. Working closely with server and client teams, you will design and build services and APIs that support millions of users, while continuing to raise the bar on scalability and resilience. You'll also have the opportunity to be involved with early development investigations, prototypes, and 3rd-party integrations for one of Apple's most innovative spaces.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate services for scalability, resilience, security, and privacy, with fault isolation and graceful degradation at partner integrations.
- Provide strategic technical direction for the Energy Services platform.
- Collaborate closely with platform teams across the broader Energy Services ecosystem to ensure alignment across shared systems and interfaces.
- Champion technical excellence and best engineering practices across all Energy services.
- Drive technical discussions, write specifications, mentor peers, and review code and designs.
- Partner closely with cross-functional teams and external energy partners to define product objectives and integrations.
Minimum Qualifications
- 10+ years of industry experience as a software engineer, including 3+ years as a tech lead/architect.
- Extensive experience architecting, building, shipping, and scaling mission-critical distributed systems on the JVM.
- Track record of driving architecture and technical roadmaps across multiple engineers, services, or teams.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals and the trade-offs in consistency, latency, throughput, and failure modes.
- A commitment to engineering excellence, with curiosity to evaluate and advocate for new technologies and patterns.
- Demonstrated ability to influence architectural and cross-functional decisions, build strong working relationships across teams, and drive complex projects from conception to production.
- Clear and effective communicator across technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership and external partners.
- BS Degree or equivalent work experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong DevOps and platform engineering experience - containerization and orchestration, cloud-native services, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
- Experience with durable workflow orchestration platforms (e.g., Temporal).
- Significant hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases at scale (e.g., Aurora, DynamoDB).
- Solid understanding of security, privacy, and applied cryptography - PKI, certificate management, and JWT.
- Experience with Java/Kotlin, Spring, and gRPC.
- Proven experience onboarding and integrating with external partners.
- Hands-on experience using generative AI tools to accelerate software development.
- Domain knowledge of the utility industry, electrical grid, or renewable energy.
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 $205,400 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.
At Apple, great ideas quickly become phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences. Join us in building the future of energy! One way we are making the world better is our Apple 2030 initiative - a commitment to become carbon neutral across our entire business, manufacturing supply chain, and product life cycle by 2030, including the electricity used to power Apple devices. We build robust, highly scalable services that support this mission, working across distributed systems, security, and privacy with a focus on reliability and disruptive, meaningful impact.
Description
You will help architect and evolve the Energy Services platform, shaping how it scales and stays resilient as we add new features and partner integrations. Working closely with server and client teams, you will design and build services and APIs that support millions of users, while continuing to raise the bar on scalability and resilience. You'll also have the opportunity to be involved with early development investigations, prototypes, and 3rd-party integrations for one of Apple's most innovative spaces.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate services for scalability, resilience, security, and privacy, with fault isolation and graceful degradation at partner integrations.
- Provide strategic technical direction for the Energy Services platform.
- Collaborate closely with platform teams across the broader Energy Services ecosystem to ensure alignment across shared systems and interfaces.
- Champion technical excellence and best engineering practices across all Energy services.
- Drive technical discussions, write specifications, mentor peers, and review code and designs.
- Partner closely with cross-functional teams and external energy partners to define product objectives and integrations.
Minimum Qualifications
- 10+ years of industry experience as a software engineer, including 3+ years as a tech lead/architect.
- Extensive experience architecting, building, shipping, and scaling mission-critical distributed systems on the JVM.
- Track record of driving architecture and technical roadmaps across multiple engineers, services, or teams.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals and the trade-offs in consistency, latency, throughput, and failure modes.
- A commitment to engineering excellence, with curiosity to evaluate and advocate for new technologies and patterns.
- Demonstrated ability to influence architectural and cross-functional decisions, build strong working relationships across teams, and drive complex projects from conception to production.
- Clear and effective communicator across technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership and external partners.
- BS Degree or equivalent work experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong DevOps and platform engineering experience - containerization and orchestration, cloud-native services, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
- Experience with durable workflow orchestration platforms (e.g., Temporal).
- Significant hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases at scale (e.g., Aurora, DynamoDB).
- Solid understanding of security, privacy, and applied cryptography - PKI, certificate management, and JWT.
- Experience with Java/Kotlin, Spring, and gRPC.
- Proven experience onboarding and integrating with external partners.
- Hands-on experience using generative AI tools to accelerate software development.
- Domain knowledge of the utility industry, electrical grid, or renewable energy.
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 $205,400 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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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Technical Lead
Document your technical scope before applying
PERM requires your employer to define the job's minimum requirements precisely. Gather evidence that your Technical Lead role requires a specific degree field, not just any bachelor's degree, so the labor certification accurately reflects your position's specialized nature.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Use Migrate Mate to filter Technical Lead openings by employers who have sponsored green cards before. Prior PERM filings signal that a company has the HR infrastructure and legal counsel to complete the multi-year sponsorship process.
Verify your EB-2 eligibility before accepting EB-3 offers
If your role requires a master's degree or you hold a bachelor's plus five years of progressive Technical Lead experience, push for EB-2 classification. For most countries outside India and China, EB-2 and EB-3 priority dates run close enough that the distinction matters less for timing than for petition strength.
Ask how the employer handles concurrent filing
Once your I-140 is approved and a visa number is current, you can file your I-485 adjustment of status simultaneously. Confirm your prospective employer's immigration counsel is prepared for concurrent filing, since Technical Lead roles rarely require waiting years for a number to become available in most countries.
Use O*NET to align your job description with DOL standards
The O*NET occupation profile for software or IT technical leads outlines typical duties and required knowledge. Matching your job description to these standards helps USCIS and DOL recognize the role as a qualifying specialty occupation during both PERM and I-140 review.
Check prevailing wage level before negotiating your offer
DOL assigns a wage level to your PERM application based on your duties and experience. Run your job title and location through the OFLC Wage Search before finalizing compensation so your offered salary clears the prevailing wage threshold DOL will later require your employer to certify.
Green Card Technical Lead: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Technical Lead role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most Technical Lead positions qualify for EB-3 as a skilled worker role requiring a bachelor's degree. If the position genuinely requires a master's degree or equivalent, EB-2 classification is available. Some employers file under both categories concurrently to hedge against petition issues. The key is whether the job description, as written for PERM, reflects a degree requirement that DOL will certify.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for Technical Lead roles?
H-1B visa is a temporary status renewed in three-year increments, subject to an annual lottery for new entrants. Green card sponsorship through PERM and I-140 is permanent and has no lottery. EB-3 has no annual numerical cap on petitions, though visa number availability varies by country of birth. The process takes longer, often two to four years for most nationalities, but the outcome is lawful permanent residency rather than continued temporary status.
What is the PERM labor certification process for a Technical Lead position?
Your employer files a PERM application with DOL certifying that no qualified U.S. worker is available for the role at the prevailing wage. This requires a formal recruitment campaign, typically lasting 30 to 60 days, before filing. DOL reviews the application and either certifies or audits it. Certification is the prerequisite for filing the I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS on your behalf.
How do I find Technical Lead jobs where the employer will sponsor a green card?
Search Migrate Mate to find Technical Lead openings filtered by employers with a documented history of employment-based green card sponsorship. Many employers sponsor H-1B visas but decline PERM sponsorship due to the cost and recruitment requirements, so filtering specifically for green card sponsorship history saves time during your job search.
Can I change employers after my Technical Lead green card process has started?
Yes, under AC21 portability rules, you can change employers once your I-485 adjustment of status application has been pending for 180 days and your I-140 is approved. The new role must be in the same or a similar occupational classification. Technical Lead positions within software engineering or IT management typically satisfy this requirement, but confirm the overlap with your immigration counsel before switching.