Senior Automation & Intelligence Tools Engineer

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Cupertino, CA
Salary
$216,200–$324,800 / yr
Posted
59 days ago
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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 Automation & Intelligence Tools Engineer

The Sr Automation & Intelligence Tools Engineer, SEAR joins the SPEAR team within the Security Engineering & Architecture organization to strengthen security across various operating systems. This role involves designing harnesses, infrastructure, and AI-assisted workflows to ensure correctness for security-critical code across iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS. You will build automation tools and define AI-native security-based development by assessing where agents accelerate work versus where manual oversight is required. Key responsibilities include owning verification strategies and building tools that other engineers depend on. Required skills include proficiency in Swift, Objective-C, or Python, along with experience in automated verification, CI systems, and LLM-based coding agents. You will work across the stack, from apps to the kernel, to solve complex problems in security hardening.

What you'll do

  • Design and build automation harnesses and infrastructure to verify security-critical code across multiple operating systems.
  • Develop AI-assisted workflows and agentic tooling to accelerate security hardening and development tasks.
  • Determine which areas of the codebase require automation and build the corresponding tools.
  • Create systems to prove that security features function correctly without degrading the user experience.
  • Assess where AI agents can accelerate work and where manual testing or human oversight is required.
  • Define and implement test strategies by assessing risk and prioritizing what needs coverage.
  • Build and maintain developer tools, frameworks, and CI systems that other engineers depend on.

What we're looking for

  • Strong programming skills in Swift, Objective-C, or Python are required.
  • Must have a track record of building tools, frameworks, or infrastructure that other engineers depend on.
  • Experience is required in designing and deploying automated verification at scale, including harnesses and CI systems.
  • Real fluency with AI-assisted development, including using LLMs or coding agents, is required.
  • Must have experience owning and driving ambiguous technical problems across team boundaries to completion.
  • Ability to clearly explain technical trade-offs to influence partner teams is required.
  • Experience building agentic or LLM-backed developer tooling is preferred.
  • Background in security, systems-level, or platform software is preferred.

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