Security Design Engineer: Threat Modeling & Secure OS

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock programs

Stock Purchase Plan

Medical and dental coverage

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a technical security specialist focused on safeguarding software shipped to customers, with emphasis on software security across hardware, kernel, runtime, apps, and features.

Join a team that designs and secures software for hundreds of millions, collaborating with engineers to identify vulnerabilities and implement robust security controls. The role offers a pathway to influence product security globally and advance privacy protections.

Qualifications

• Passionate about keeping Apple’s customers safe with high ethical standards and integrity.
• Familiarity with threat modelling and security architecture design.
• Experience with agentic coding tools to perform code reviews and software security testing.
• Motivated by pursuing difficult and novel problems in a highly complex environment.
• Effective communicator able to influence engineering teams and decision makers to accomplish security goals.
• Keeps up to date with new security research, technologies and methodologies.
• Highly reciprocal and an excellent communicator.

Responsibilities

• Secure new products Apple ships to customers with a focus on software security.
• Design new and innovative ways to increase security and privacy while preserving usability.
• Analyze systems, threat model new features, identify vulnerabilities, and recommend security controls.
• Evangelize and drive adoption of security technologies across the organization.
• Lead groundbreaking security efforts at a scale only found at Apple.

Skills

Threat modelling

Security architecture design

Code reviews

Security testing

Communication

Security research

Code review tools

OS internals

C/C++/Obj-C/Swift

Education

Bachelors in Computer Science or 3 years equivalent practical experience

Tools

C/C++/Obj-C/Swift

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking a technical security specialist focused on safeguarding software shipped to customers, with emphasis on software security across hardware, kernel, runtime, apps, and features.

Join a team that designs and secures software for hundreds of millions, collaborating with engineers to identify vulnerabilities and implement robust security controls. The role offers a pathway to influence product security globally and advance privacy protections.