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Software Engineering Technical Lead, Server Energy Services

Apple

Location

San Diego, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

7/29/2026

Compensation

Not listed

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.0% approval+30% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

This role at Apple involves architecting and evolving the Energy Services platform to support the company's commitment to carbon neutrality by 2030. The position requires collaboration with server and client teams to design and build services and APIs that cater to millions of users. The focus is on scalability, resilience, and integrating new features and partners. Candidates will also engage in early development investigations and prototypes within the innovative energy sector.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of industry experience as a software engineer, including 3+ years as a tech lead or architect.
  • Extensive experience architecting, building, shipping, and scaling mission-critical distributed systems on the JVM.
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals and trade-offs in consistency, latency, throughput, and failure modes.
  • Strong DevOps and platform engineering experience, including containerization and orchestration.
  • Experience with durable workflow orchestration platforms.
  • Significant hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases at scale.
  • Solid understanding of security, privacy, and applied cryptography.
  • 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.

Responsibilities

  • Help architect and evolve the Energy Services platform.
  • Design and build services and APIs that support millions of users.
  • Collaborate closely with server and client teams.
  • Raise the bar on scalability and resilience as new features are added.
  • Engage in early development investigations and prototypes.
  • Drive complex projects from conception to production.

Benefits

  • Employees at Apple are often offered comprehensive benefits that support physical and mental well-being—flexible medical plans, confidential counseling, onsite wellness centers at major campuses, and resources for fitness and daily life. Families typically receive fertility support, paid parental leave with gradual return, caregiving leave, and dependent-care guidance, while financial perks commonly include stock grants (with purchase discounts), 401(k) matching, and income-protection coverage. Employees also see robust time off, Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement, donation matching and paid volunteer hours, and deep product and partner discounts.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Apple Inc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

1,065

FY2026

Approval rate

99.0%

FY2026

LCA certified

9,221

FY2026

Entry-level share

5.6%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

+30%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-35%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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