Privacy Engineer - Health

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 181,100 - 318,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Discounted products and services

Tuition reimbursement

Discretionary bonuses or commission

Job summary

A leading technology company in Cupertino seeks an experienced engineer to join its User Privacy Team. This role involves providing privacy guidance for health and fitness features, conducting privacy reviews, and auditing new products for compliance. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's in Computer Science and experience in health research. Apple offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits including medical coverage, stock options, and opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Experience conducting privacy reviews.
• Experience with health research or the creation of health features.
• Ability to analyze systems’ architectures for privacy impact.

Responsibilities

• Review features to identify privacy exposures and partner with teams to design mitigations.
• Audit new products to identify bugs in development.
• Guide the development of data collection systems that enable health features while preserving privacy.

Skills

Superb communication skills

Creative problem solving

Analytical skills

Deductive reasoning

Education

Bachelors in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Tools

Programming experience

Job description

Cupertino, California, United States Software and Services

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Apple delivers great features and great privacy to our users. The Privacy Engineering team works with teams all across the company to make sure that products and services protect user privacy by designing architectures that reduce the exposure of user data at all levels of the technology stack. We are looking for an outstanding candidate to become a member of the Apple User Privacy Team.

Description

We are seeking an experienced engineer to provide privacy guidance to teams across Apple working on health, wellness, and fitness features as well as the health research studies that help develop these features. This includes feature reviews and the design of new, privacy preserving data collection methodologies to enable the evaluation of health and fitness features. It also includes guiding how we protect the health data Apple stores within the Data Governance Board.

• Review features to identify privacy exposures and partner with teams to design mitigations.
• Audit new products to identify bugs in development, and review customer data collected by engineering teams to drive decisions for privacy impact.
• Communicate privacy risks and potential mitigations to senior leadership to drive decisions.
• Guide the development of data collection systems that enable health features while preserving privacy.
• Partner with technical experts in various Health teams to provide guidance to engineers and leaders on the right privacy technology to use when developing new features, and help define how health research is conducted at Apple.

Successful candidates will need to have superb communication skills and a passion for protecting privacy. Creative problem solving, analytical, and deductive reasoning skills are critical for this position. You will be working on multiple unrelated systems each week, so the ability to learn quickly and an excitement for new things is a must.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Experience conducting privacy reviews
• Experience with health research or the creation of health features

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong collaboration, communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Ability to learn and research new technologies rapidly, assess privacy exposures, and suggest mitigations
• Ability to analyze systems’ architectures for privacy impact
• Ability to solve complex problems independently
• Programming experience

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $181,100 and $318,400, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant .

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.