Entry-Level Security Software Engineer (Low-Level)

Apple; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 41,328 - 68,880; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock awards

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Comprehensive health benefits

Job summary

Apple in Olympia, WA seeks a Security Software Engineer to advance security hardening across client devices. You will work on memory safety, kernel surfaces, and low-level code in C/C++/Swift, contributing to secure design decisions and testing.

The role emphasizes collaboration with security teams, writing safer code, and driving mitigations while adapting to evolving security requirements and project plans.

Qualifications

• BS in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience/skills.
• Interest in security programming and ability to work on secure software development.
• Experience with low-level code such as firmware, device drivers, kernel modules, or hypervisors.

Responsibilities

• Learn the execution and security state of existing codebases.
• Contribute to the plan for security hardening projects.
• Implement memory safety innovations, mitigations, sandboxing, refactor, or other techniques as needed.
• Update low-level codebases as required using appropriate language such as C, C++, or Swift.
• Execute project tests covering security properties, including unit tests and coordination with QA or security teams.
• Contribute to documentation and training materials for internal teams to maintain security posture.

Skills

Security programming

Low-level coding

Cross-functional collaboration

Testing

Memory safety

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

C

C++

Rust

Swift

Job description

Apple in Olympia, WA seeks a Security Software Engineer to advance security hardening across client devices. You will work on memory safety, kernel surfaces, and low-level code in C/C++/Swift, contributing to secure design decisions and testing.

The role emphasizes collaboration with security teams, writing safer code, and driving mitigations while adapting to evolving security requirements and project plans.