Privacy Engineer - Systems Experiences, Apps, and Technologies

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Cupertino, CA
Salary
$184,700–$324,800 / yr
Posted
18 days ago
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This role $255k
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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

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TL;DR · Privacy Engineer - Systems Experiences, Apps, and Technologies

As a Privacy Engineer - Systems Experiences, Apps, and Technologies, you will join the User Privacy Team to provide guidance across various core applications including Wallet, Mail, and Safari. You will be responsible for reviewing features to identify privacy exposures, auditing new products for bugs during development, and evaluating customer data collection to drive informed decisions regarding privacy impact. Your daily work involves designing privacy-preserving data collection methodologies, communicating risks to senior leadership, and collaborating with technical experts in web browsing and digital payments to build fraud detection algorithms and other protective technologies. The role requires expertise in cryptography for end-to-end encryption or anonymization, as well as experience with differential privacy or private federated learning. You must possess strong programming skills, analytical reasoning, and the ability to research new technologies rapidly while solving complex problems independently.

What you'll do

  • Review product features to identify privacy exposures and design technical mitigations.
  • Audit new products during development to identify bugs and evaluate customer data impacts.
  • Communicate privacy risks and potential mitigation strategies to senior leadership to drive decisions.
  • Evaluate data collection requests and systems to ensure product improvements preserve user privacy.
  • Partner with experts in web browsing and digital payments to build privacy-preserving technologies.
  • Develop fraud detection algorithms while maintaining high standards for user data protection.
  • Analyze system architectures across various products to identify and mitigate privacy risks.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
  • Experience with cryptography for end-to-end data encryption or anonymizing users.
  • Experience with differential privacy or private federated learning.
  • Passion for customer privacy (preferred).
  • Strong collaboration, communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills (preferred).
  • Ability to learn new technologies rapidly, assess privacy exposures, and suggest mitigations (preferred).
  • Ability to analyze systems' architectures for privacy impact (preferred).

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