SEATTLE — Apple Inc. cofounder and CEO Steve Jobs is back at work after a five-and-a-half- month medical leave.

Jobs, 54, is working from Apple’s Cupertino, Calif., headquarters “a few days a week” and working from home the remaining days, Apple spokesman Steve Dowling said Monday.

The Apple chief was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer. He had surgery in 2004 and announced then that he was cured.

Last year, Jobs’ dramatic weight loss prompted new questions about his health. In early January, he said in a statement that he was suffering from an easily treated hormone imbalance, but less than two weeks later Jobs said his medical condition was more complex than he initially thought. He announced he would take a leave of absence until the end of June.

Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute in Memphis, Tenn., said last week that Jobs had received a liver transplant, confirming an earlier report in the Wall Street Journal. Jobs was recovering well and his prognosis was good, the hospital said.

With Jobs serving as head showman and demanding elegance in product design, Apple has become the dominant producer of portable music players and a huge player in the cell phone business.