Is Apple hiring? 397 open roles as of Sep 29, 2026

Yes. As of Sep 29, 2026, Apple has about 397 open roles, 0.14% of its 293,000 employees.

Public (AAPL)Computers and Electronics Manufacturing10,000+ employeesapple.comLinkedIn

Open roles: 397
% of headcount: 0.14%
Employees: 293,000
Departments: 12

Snapshot · Sep 29, 2026

Where Apple is hiring

Hiring velocity: Minimal hiring activity for a very large company. When companies with > 5000 employees have open roles less than 2% of headcount, that's considered stability with little expansion. These are hiring signals from open job postings, not job listings. To apply, use the company's careers site.

Apple open roles by department
Department	Open roles	% of headcount	Strength	Sample titles
Engineering	143	<0.1%	Low	Fab Utility Engineer · Language Engineer (Turkish), Global Siri · Hardware System Integration Engineer - AirPods
Project management	27	<0.1%	Low	Project Manager, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) · Sr. Project Manager - Digital Commerce (ASO) · Engineering Program Manager, App Store, Apple Services Engineering
Machine learning	19	<0.1%	Low	Applied Machine Learning Engineer - SEAR · Machine Learning Engineer - Notifications & Personalization · Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Proactive
Design	17	<0.1%	Low	Product Designer - Apple Services Design, International · Senior UX Writer, Apple Music · UX Writer, Apple Ads
Quality assurance	13	<0.1%	Low	Quality Engineer - Product Operations Graduate Programme 2027 · Test Engineer - Product Operations Graduate Programme · Systems Quality Engineer - Accessory Ecosystem
Business development	12	<0.1%	Low	Business Development Manager - Wallet, Payments and Commerce · Business Development Manager Consumer Offers · Business Development Manager - Apple Pay E-Commerce - Eastern
Operations	12	<0.1%	Low	AppleCare Service & Support Operations Grad program · Manager, Reseller Operations (Middle East, Türkiye & Africa) · US-Operations Expert
Legal	8	<0.1%	Low	Senior Corporate Counsel EMEA · Legal Counsel - Commercial Litigation · Manager, Technology Compliance, Greater
Information technology	7	<0.1%	Low	Network Engineer - Retail Network · SoC Security Architect - Platform Architecture · Compiler Security Engineer - C/C++, Languages & Runtimes
Marketing	7	<0.1%	Low	Communication Strategist · Buzz Marketing - Wearables, Corporate Communications, Japan · Channel & Partner Communications Lead, Marketing Communications - Japan

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Job locations, not offices

Top job locations

Cupertino, CA25.9% · 103
Austin, TX6% · 24
Shanghai, China5.8% · 23
Sunnyvale, CA5.8% · 23
Cork, Ireland4% · 16

Seniority mix

Open roles by level

Mid-senior78.6%
Manager13.4%
Junior6%
Partner1%
Director0.8%
C-level0.3%

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One POST /v1/companies/enrich call with apple.com returns Apple hiring signals (hiring-velocity, hiring-trends), each with its source. Or ask Claude through MCP.

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curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "domain": "apple.com",
    "signal_types": ["hiring-velocity","hiring-trends"],
    "limit": 20
  }'

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Questions about Apple hiring

Is Apple hiring right now?

Yes. The snapshot dated Sep 29, 2026 counts about 397 open roles at Apple. Down 10% over the last 30 days.

Which teams is Apple hiring for?

The departments with the most open roles on Sep 29, 2026: Engineering (143), Project management (27) and Machine learning (19).

Where is Apple hiring?

The top job locations on Sep 29, 2026: Cupertino, CA (25.9%), Austin, TX (6%) and Shanghai, China (5.8%). These are job locations, not office addresses.

Is Apple laying off employees?

1 layoff event was reported for Apple. See the Apple layoffs page for dates and sources.

Source. Open job postings, counted per department and location. These are hiring signals, not job listings.

Method. The latest weekly snapshot of open roles, compared with the company headcount.

Data as of Sep 30, 2026.

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