Product Security Engineer

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$122,700–$214,300 / yr
Posted
15 days ago
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This role $168k
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This role pays less than 57% of similar roles. Most pay $151,475–$215,925 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $168k versus about $184k for comparable roles.

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About Apple Inc

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 · Product Security Engineer

As a Product Security Engineer, SEAR, you will join the Product Security Team within the Security Engineering and Architecture organization to protect the ecosystem of iOS, tvOS, watchOS, and macOS. You will be responsible for investigating security issues, reverse engineering exploits, providing vulnerability analysis, and developing innovative tools to identify bugs. Your daily work involves assessing vulnerabilities and building a tool suite that supports external submission portals, triage systems, and AI frameworks used across the company. To succeed, you must possess proficiency in C, C++, or Objective-C for automation, along with knowledge of containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring tools. You will apply your understanding of exploit techniques and attack vectors to secure products like iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch, and Apple TV while collaborating across diverse technical teams to mitigate critical risks.

What you'll do

  • Investigate and analyze security vulnerabilities across iOS, tvOS, watchOS, and macOS platforms.
  • Reverse engineer exploits to identify and mitigate critical security risks.
  • Develop innovative tools to detect security bugs and optimize business operations.
  • Build robust security automation systems using C, C++, or Objective-C.
  • Contribute to the development of AI frameworks for security engineering use cases.
  • Maintain and improve internal triage, routing, and external submission portal tools.
  • Deploy security tools using containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring systems.

What we're looking for

  • Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as C, C++, or Objective C is required.
  • Familiarity with common AI capabilities and their application to security use cases is required.
  • Experience with production deployment using containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring tools is required.
  • Proven ability to analyze and investigate security issues through systematic approaches and tooling is required.
  • Understanding of security principles including vulnerability classes, exploit techniques, and common attack vectors is required.
  • Excellent communication skills for collaborating across diverse technical teams and stakeholders are required.
  • Experience developing or leveraging security tools like fuzzers, static/dynamic analyzers, or vulnerability management platforms (preferred).
  • Field experience in vulnerability research, incident response, or security operations (preferred).

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