Senior Software Engineer, Security

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Seattle, WA
Salary: $175,000–$308,500 / yr
Posted: 6 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $242k

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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 Software Engineer, Security

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Senior Software Engineer - Security joins the software supply chain security team within the Apple Services Engineering organization. This role focuses on building automated security assurance and infrastructure to ensure the integrity of services like iCloud, App Store, and Apple Music. You will design, implement, and operate production-grade tools including scanning systems, agentic and LLM-integrated components, backends, APIs, and CI/CD pipelines. The work involves solving complex supply chain problems such as dependency risk management, artifact signing, and policy-based admission of software into runtime environments. To succeed, you must possess expertise in Python, Go, or Java, along with proficiency in shell scripting within Linux and macOS environments. You will also leverage skills in distributed systems, prompt engineering, and application security assurance methodologies to create seamless security controls for internal developer workflows.

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Skills

Python Go Java LLM Prompt Engineering CI/CD Distributed Systems gRPC Bash Linux macOS Containerization Data Pipelines Dynamic Analysis Artifact Signing Threat Modeling Taint Analysis

What you'll do

Design, implement, and operate production security services including scanning tools and backend APIs.
Develop agentic and LLM-driven systems with robust evaluation harnesses and guardrails.
Build infrastructure for dependency risk management, artifact signing, and verification.
Integrate automated security controls into existing developer workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
Implement policy-based admission systems to enforce security controls at deployment or runtime.
Conduct research and prototyping to evaluate new models and service capabilities.
Perform code and security reviews to ensure high quality for internal engineering teams.

What we're looking for

13+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, including production ownership of non-trivial systems.
Proficiency in at least two of the following languages: Python, Go, or Java.
Solid knowledge of software supply chain security, including dependency risk, build integrity, and artifact signing.
Experience designing and operating agentic systems and LLM-integrated applications in production.
Familiarity with application security assurance methodologies, such as static and dynamic analysis.
Experience designing and operating distributed backends, APIs, and data pipelines with high uptime requirements.
Experience building CI/CD pipelines and integrating security controls into them.
Proficiency in shell scripting (e.g., Bash) and comfort working in Linux and macOS environments.

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