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Software Engineer, User Secrets (SEAR)

Apple· Security Engineering & Architecture
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Cupertino, California$150.4k - $277.6kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Embedded within Apple’s Security Engineering & Architecture organization, the User Secrets team delivers end-to-end encrypted data storage, synchronization, and recovery of a user’s secret data across Apple devices and services. The engineer will influence design and implementation of on-device OS components and hosted iCloud services to enable secure end-to-end encrypted data synchronization, balancing usability, performance, and security.

Qualifications

  • M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience
  • 5 years of experience as a Software Engineer in a Systems Programming or Distributed Systems development role
  • Excellent collaboration and leadership skills
  • Ability to dive into and understand unfamiliar codebases and systems
  • Ability to deliver proven work on tight schedules
  • Swift, Obj-C, C, C++ experience
  • A genuine passion for building effective, scalable, and useful tools for users to safeguard their most precious data
  • Exposure to and knowledge of OS security, applied cryptography, and key management
  • Ability to understand and drive architectural changes to complex distributed systems with backward-compatibility requirements

Skills

Required:SwiftObj-CCC++

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments and relocation (eligibility varies)
  • employee stock programs including discretionary RSU awards and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Last updated Jul 3, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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