Apple Sr. Software Engineer reviews

4.2

86% would recommend to a friend

(443 total reviews)
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97% approve of CEO

89% positive business outlook

Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated Apple with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 443 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Apple is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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443 reviews
4.0
Aug 14, 2025

Very political

Recommend
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Pros

Solid pay, interesting engineering challenges. There's plenty of smart people that you can learn a lot from.

Cons

Engineering direction is determined by people who curry the most favor from leadership. Unless you are an ICT5/6 your opinions don't hold very much weight in debate. Promotions in the higher levels of engineering is almost entirely luck based. High visibility projects that are required for demonstrating impact needed for promotions aren't available for everyone.

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