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Senior Security Engineer

Apple· Software and Services
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Hybrid (Seattle, Washington)$175k - $308.5kfull-timePosted 3d ago

About the role

Senior Security Engineer to partner with engineering teams within Apple Services Engineering (ASE) to protect iCloud services and secure platforms and services. Lead security reviews, threat modeling, and platform-wide security improvements for Apple’s internet-facing services and backend infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as primary security team point of contact for several large engineering efforts
  • Collaborate with engineering teams throughout their development lifecycle
  • Conduct security reviews and develop threat models
  • Build scalable security methodologies from engagement insights
  • Define, automate, and advocate for platform-wide security improvements
  • Raise the security bar for all engineering teams at Apple
  • Develop proof-of-concept systems to automate security recommendations, vulnerability discovery, and process workflows
  • Use data to drive security review efficiency and prioritize high-value security team engagements
  • Partner with colleagues to ensure security decisions impact millions of users

Qualifications

  • 10 or more years conducting security reviews, threat modeling, tracking findings, and communicating risk to engineering and leadership
  • Knowledgeable about distributed systems design patterns and security implications for cloud-scale platform services
  • Deep understanding of cloud-native architecture and managed platform services (compute, storage, networking, databases)
  • Experience with multi-tenant system design and SaaS/PaaS offerings
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Java, Go, or Swift)
  • Experience with security standard processes of third-party cloud environments
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience preferred
  • Bonus: community contributions (public CVEs, bug bounties, open source tools, blogs)
  • Experience securing container orchestration systems (e.g., Kubernetes) and multi-tenant security implications
  • Experience with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning is a plus

Skills

Required:Security reviewsThreat modelingDistributed systemsCloud-native architectureProgramming

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • discounted products and free services
  • educational expense reimbursement (tuition)
  • eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments and relocation assistance
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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