Security Engineer, Apple Pay

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cupertino, CA
Salary: $184,700–$324,800 / yr
Posted: 109 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 · Security Engineer, Apple Pay

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The Security Engineer - Apple Pay joins the Apple Pay Security Engineering team to ensure the safety of Payments, Transit, Access, and Identity products across hardware, software, and server environments. This role focuses on breaking products to find vulnerabilities and building AI workflows, Skills, and Agents that instill security best practices into every phase of the SDLC, including design, implementation, and CI-CD. Key responsibilities include threat modeling, secure design assessment, and hands-on testing of hardware and software. Candidates must demonstrate AI/agentic fluency to build and refine LLM-based coding tools while independently validating findings. Required skills include security code reviews, pentesting, and knowledge of cryptographic algorithms like PQC, AES, and SHA. The role solves critical security problems by proactively identifying flaws in complex digital infrastructure.

What does a Security Engineer earn in California?

Median $203125 from 45 postings across 16 companies.

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Skills

AI LLM CI-CD SDLC AES SHA PQC Security Code Review Secure Design

What you'll do

Develop AI workflows to perform security reviews and automated security testing.
Build Skills and Agents to integrate security best practices into every phase of the SDLC.
Perform threat modeling and secure design assessments for hardware and software.
Conduct hands-on security testing and penetration testing on hardware and software.
Validate and challenge AI-generated security findings to ensure accuracy.
Perform security code reviews to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.
Propose new designs and architectural improvements to remediate discovered security issues.

What we're looking for

5+ years of experience in a Security focused role.
Experience performing threat modeling for hardware and/or software designs.
Experience performing hands-on security testing, such as pentesting or negative testing.
Skill in performing security code reviews.
Hands-on experience building and refining Skills, Agents, and AI workflows using LLM-based coding tools.
Superior problem solving and debugging skills (preferred).
Understanding of various cryptographic algorithms such as PQC, AES, and SHA (preferred).
Experience shipping software or integrating security into every stage of the software lifecycle (preferred).

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