Senior Security Engineer

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Seattle, WA
Salary: $175,000–$263,300 / yr
Posted: 149 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $219k

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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 · Senior Security Engineer

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As a Senior Security Engineer within the Information Security team, you will shape the security posture of critical infrastructure and applications with a specific focus on AI/ML systems and emerging technologies. You will conduct hands-on security assessments of ML pipelines, agentic systems, and LLM-based applications while developing repeatable methodologies for evaluating complex systems. Your daily work involves identifying vulnerabilities, performing threat modeling, and creating automation to shift security left in the development lifecycle. You will leverage your knowledge of vector databases, prompt injection risks, and supply chain vulnerabilities to provide consulting to engineering teams. The role requires expertise in cloud-native applications and large-scale infrastructure to address risks inherent in the full AI/ML stack. You will also evangelize security best practices and develop tools for securing agentic protocols like MCP or A2A.

What does a Security Engineer earn?

Median $185250 from 84 postings across 39 companies.

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Skills

AI/ML LLM Vector Databases Prompt Injection Threat Modeling Security Assessment Cloud-Native Automation MCP A2A Data Leakage

What you'll do

Conduct hands-on security assessments of AI applications, ML pipelines, and agentic systems across the full stack.
Research emerging technologies and threats to proactively define security requirements and controls before production.
Develop techniques, tools, and automation to scale security assessments for AI infrastructure.
Perform threat modeling and risk assessments for new and emerging technologies.
Partner with engineering teams to shift security left in the AI application development lifecycle.
Evangelize security processes and best practices across engineering teams to ensure consistent adoption.
Identify and remediate vulnerabilities such as prompt injection, data leakage, and supply chain risks.

What we're looking for

Experience conducting security assessments of complex distributed systems, cloud-native applications, and large-scale infrastructure.
Experience developing security requirements, threat models, or risk assessments for new and emerging technologies.
Experience applying industry leading security best practices to AI/ML solutions.
Working knowledge of AI/ML concepts including training pipelines, inference services, vector databases, and LLM-based applications.
Understanding of common AI/ML security risks such as prompt injection, data leakage, and supply chain vulnerabilities.
Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey risk to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
A BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Security, or 5+ years of equivalent hands-on experience.

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