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Sr Software Engineer, Customer Systems

Apple

Location

Cupertino, CA, Sunnyvale, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/10/2026

Compensation

Not listed

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.0% approval+30% YoY
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Job description

Join Apple's Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization to help build critical enterprise and customer technology systems. The Customer Systems team focuses on enhancing Apple's customer support experience through innovative technology solutions. This role involves designing and building microservices that support millions of users daily across various platforms. You will work on high-scale, high-performance systems that are essential to Apple's operations.

Requirements

  • B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional work experience.
  • 5+ years of proven experience developing software in a professional capacity.
  • 2+ years of proven experience with Java, including proficiency in concurrency, memory management, and performance optimization techniques.
  • Proficiency in OOP principles, data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns.
  • Experience building production applications with the Spring ecosystem.
  • Solid understanding of advanced JVM internals.
  • Experience designing, implementing, and shipping high-scale, high-performance, highly available, fault-tolerant, and secure cloud-based distributed systems.
  • Solid knowledge of networking concepts, protocols, and infrastructure.
  • Track record of leading software projects within a team as a tech lead.
  • Hands-on experience leveraging GenAI coding tools.
  • Experience with complementary programming languages beyond Java.
  • Experience in API design and implementation.
  • Experience with caching strategies and in-memory data technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build microservices powering low-latency, high-throughput customer experiences.
  • Lead software projects within a team while mentoring software engineers.
  • Implement testable, maintainable, and extensible backend code.
  • Utilize GenAI coding tools to enhance the software development lifecycle.
  • Design APIs for backward compatibility and long-term evolution.
  • Develop caching strategies and manage session for high-throughput applications.

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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