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Platform Engineer roles qualify for TN visa sponsorship under the USMCA's Computer Systems Analyst category, which covers infrastructure automation, cloud platform design, and CI/CD pipeline work. Canadian citizens can apply directly at the port of entry. Mexican citizens go through consular processing. No lottery, no annual cap for Canadians.
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INTRODUCTION
We are the Assurance Automation & Risk Management team within Apple Services Engineering (ASE) Security org. We are responsible for securing the platforms, infrastructure, and distributed systems behind Apple’s global services, including iCloud, App Store, Apple Music, TV+, Maps, and Commerce.
Apple operates thousands of critical backend services across a rapidly expanding global footprint. We have a transformative opportunity to amplify security experts' reach by building the next-generation AI-assisted Security Automation Platform. Rather than building isolated tooling, we turn expert security standards into robust, running software by combining agentic workflows, deterministic scaffolding, and rigorous evaluation gates integrated directly into Apple’s core security data systems (Security Findings, Bill of Materials, and Risk Governance).
We are hiring Tech Lead to lead the software architecture and agentic engineering of this platform. Your effort will help build solutions to a variety of outstanding security challenges in software supply chain, security posture, and risk management. Join us, and you’ll play a meaningful role in ensuring the highest standard of security for one of the most-watched companies in the world.
DESCRIPTION
We’re looking for an exceptional automation engineer to build the pipeline that scales security review across Apple’s 1000s+ services. You will turn security expertise into running software, designing and operating AI agentic review system, skills, tool layer, evaluation harness on top of Apple's existing security tooling, and giving reviewers a reliable, high-throughput pipeline to execute against. You’ll partner closely with the security engineers who define the review standards and the analysts who validate the output, and build automation that reduces toil.
Responsibilities
- Design system and interfaces that make Apple's existing security systems agent-consumable
- Build and maintain the review automation pipeline that ingests a service, runs AI-assisted threat modeling and triage, and produces structured, reviewable output at scale
- Implement the AI skills and routing criteria defined by our security standards engineers, meeting quality targets for precision, recall, and false positives
- Integrate the pipeline with existing security engineering tooling (findings, vulnerability intelligence, SBOM, scanning, and risk-acceptance systems) rather than standing up parallel foundations
- Build the quality feedback loop so signals from reviewer validation continuously improve the automation
- Be accountable for quality software that meets service level objectives, with runbooks, tests, and observability so no system depends on a single person
- Own prompt, skill, and model versioning as code, with the eval gates
- Research, prototype, and present ideas and designs to your team, management, and internal customers
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- 1 year of building LLM- or agent-based systems that ran in production, with a measured quality bar
- 8+ years building and operating production automation, data pipelines, or backend services
- Highly proficient in at least one of Python, Go, or Java
- Experience integrating third-party and first-party APIs, tooling, and services into reliable end-to-end workflows and AI agent workflows
- Working knowledge of application and cloud security concepts (threat modeling, vulnerabilities, secure configuration)
- MS or BS or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field OR equivalent practical experience in Software or Security Engineering
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with Agent engineering: retrieval, grounding, citation, reasoning
- Experience with Agentic workflow design with bounded autonomy, building LLM- or agent-based automation and evaluating output quality (precision/recall, human-in-the-loop feedback loops), AI agent evaluation harness as CI
- Familiar with AWS cloud resources (S3, EC2, Lambda, Step Functions, etc.)
- Experience with security tooling such as SAST/SCA scanners, SBOM tooling, or vulnerability intelligence platforms
- Background in security review, threat modeling, or supply-chain security
- Experience delivering tooling used by non-engineer reviewers or contractors at scale
- Awareness of AI-specific threats in systems that ingest untrusted input
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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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding TN Visa Sponsorship as a Platform Engineer
Frame your resume around SOC-aligned titles
TN visa adjudicators evaluate job duties against the Computer Systems Analyst definition. Use titles and language that map to systems analysis, infrastructure design, or platform architecture rather than generic engineering labels that blur the qualifying category.
Request a duties letter before accepting offers
Ask your prospective employer to draft the TN support letter during negotiations, not after signing. A vague or inaccurate duties letter is the leading cause of port-of-entry denials for platform roles, and fixing it delays your start date.
Target employers with active cloud infrastructure teams
Companies running Kubernetes, Terraform, or multi-cloud environments have established platform engineering functions and understand what the role involves. That internal clarity translates directly into accurate TN documentation that holds up at the border or consulate.
Use Migrate Mate to find verified TN sponsoring employers
Search Migrate Mate to filter Platform Engineer openings by employers with recent visa filings and work visa sponsorship experience. Starting your search there cuts the time spent vetting companies that won't sponsor and surfaces roles where visa sponsorship processes are already familiar to HR.
Prepare credential equivalency proof for Mexican applicants
Mexican nationals applying at a U.S. consulate must submit educational credentials alongside the support letter. If your degree is from a Mexican institution, get a credential evaluation completed in advance so the consular officer can confirm it meets the bachelor's-level requirement.
Understand how employer E-Verify enrollment affects your status
If your employer is E-Verify enrolled, your work authorization is confirmed electronically and discrepancies surface quickly. Confirm enrollment status before your first day so you and your employer can resolve any I-9 issues before they create a compliance gap.
Platform Engineer TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Platform Engineer role qualify for a TN visa?
Platform Engineer positions qualify under the USMCA's Computer Systems Analyst category when the role centers on designing, implementing, or maintaining cloud infrastructure, automation pipelines, or platform tooling. The job duties in your employer's support letter must clearly reflect systems analysis work. Roles where the primary function is software development rather than infrastructure may face more scrutiny from a CBP officer or consular official.
How does TN compare to H-1B for Platform Engineer jobs?
TN has no annual lottery and no cap for Canadian citizens, so you can start as soon as your employer prepares the support letter and you're approved at the port of entry or consulate. H-1B visa requires entering a lottery with roughly a one-in-four selection rate and a months-long wait even after selection. For Platform Engineers who already have a Canadian or Mexican passport, TN is a significantly faster and more predictable path into U.S. employment.
Where can I find Platform Engineer jobs that offer TN sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you filter job listings specifically for employers with TN visa sponsorship history, which removes the guesswork of cold-applying to companies that won't support the process. Searching by role and visa type together gets you directly to openings where HR already understands TN documentation requirements for technical positions like Platform Engineer.
Can a Canadian Platform Engineer apply for TN status at the border?
Yes. Canadian citizens are exempt from the consular interview requirement and can apply for TN status directly at a U.S. port of entry or pre-clearance location. You'll present your employer's support letter, proof of Canadian citizenship, and your educational credentials. CBP officers adjudicate TN petitions on the spot, so approval and entry can happen the same day if your documentation is complete and accurate.
What documentation does my employer need to prepare for TN sponsorship?
Your employer must provide a signed support letter on company letterhead that specifies your job title, a description of daily duties tied to the Computer Systems Analyst category, the anticipated duration of employment, and your qualifications for the role. USCIS does not need to approve TN status for Canadians, but Mexican nationals submit the letter as part of their DS-160 consular package. A poorly drafted letter that omits duty specifics or uses an unrecognized job title is the most common filing problem for platform roles.