Security Engineer

Cybersecurity Jobs; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 309,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary stock-based awards

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Discounted products and services

Educational expense reimbursements

Relocation assistance (if eligible)

Opportunity to participate in stock-pu

Job summary

Apple’s Health Software team is seeking a Senior Security Engineer in San Diego, CA, onsite. You will strengthen security across releases, advise teams on secure design, and build security automation to improve the platform's security posture for health research tools.

You will collaborate across cloud, network, and application security, conduct threat modeling, and help secure health-related projects while contributing to the broader health ecosystem.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in security engineering.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Extensive knowledge of security principles, technologies, and best practices across multiple domains, including cloud security, network security, application security, and data security.
• Experience with threat modeling, vulnerability management, incident response, and security automation.
• Comprehensive grasp of security risks and challenges associated with large-scale, complex systems and datasets.
• Background in building scalable software systems and platforms.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, including succinctly communicating security concerns to mixed audiences.
• Background in web application development and/or code auditing.
• Experience with security testing and review of medical or health related applications.
• Experience with multi-cloud platform applications.
• Demonstrated contributions to the security community (e.g., publications, presentations, open-source projects).

Responsibilities

• Conduct manual application security tests and audit source code to support releases
• Design and execute comprehensive security testing plans to validate security controls are properly implemented
• Perform threat modeling exercises for new features and research tools
• Review architecture and design documents to identify security risks and recommend mitigations
• Develop and maintain security tooling and automation to improve the security posture of the platform
• Provide security guidance and consultation for new projects, features, and changes to Health related projects

Skills

Security engineering

Threat modeling

Cloud security

Network security

Data security

Web app development

Code auditing

Incident response

Security automation

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related technical field

Job description

Join Apple’s Health Software team as a Senior Security Engineer in San Diego, CA (onsite), helping protect the systems that support Apple health features and the tools used for health research. In this role, you’ll strengthen security across releases, advise teams on secure design, and build security automation that improves the security posture of the platform.

Why this role

• Health-focused security impact: help safeguard data tied to health research tools and the broader health ecosystem.
• Security engineering at scale: work across application security, cloud, network, and data security in large, complex environments.
• Build and automate: develop and maintain security tooling to improve security processes and control validation.
• Compensation and equity: base pay range of $175,000 to $308,500, plus eligibility for discretionary restricted stock unit awards and employee stock programs.

Responsibilities

• Conduct manual application security tests and audit source code to support releases
• Design and execute comprehensive security testing plans to validate security controls are properly implemented
• Perform threat modeling exercises for new features and research tools
• Review architecture and design documents to identify security risks and recommend mitigations
• Develop and maintain security tooling and automation to improve the security posture of the platform
• Provide security guidance and consultation for new projects, features, and changes to Health related projects

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in security engineering
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Extensive knowledge of security principles, technologies, and best practices across multiple domains, including cloud security, network security, application security, and data security
• Experience with threat modeling, vulnerability management, incident response, and security automation
• Comprehensive grasp of security risks and challenges associated with large-scale, complex systems and datasets
• Background in building scalable software systems and platforms
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, including succinctly communicating security concerns to mixed audiences
• Background in web application development and/or code auditing
• Experience with security testing and review of medical or health related applications
• Experience with multi-cloud platform applications
• Demonstrated contributions to the security community (e.g., publications, presentations, open-source projects)

Pay & benefits

• Base pay range: $175,000 to $308,500 per year
• Base pay depends on skills, qualifications, experience, and location
• Discretionary restricted stock unit awards (eligibility requirements apply)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: eligible to purchase Apple stock at a discount if you voluntarily participate
• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Range of discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses, including tuition
• Discretionary bonuses or commission payments, as well as relocation (if eligible)
• Opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs

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