Senior Platform Security Engineer: Attestation & Trust

Apple Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 263,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation

Stock plans

Education reimbursement

Comprehensive benefits

Product discounts

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Senior System Security Software Engineer focused on Platform Attestation.

You will own the attestation architecture for the server platform, spanning silicon, firmware, and on-node services, to ensure a known-good state across the fleet. You will collaborate with security, system software, manufacturing, and data center teams to design secure, verifiable measurements, extend attestation chains, and drive cryptographic integrity from manufacturing to

Qualifications

• 7+ years of security software experience.
• Proficient in C/C++.
• Background in developing and maintaining security-critical codebases.
• Understanding of applied cryptography, cryptography hardware, and key management (PKI/HSM).
• Experience with mutual authentication and hardware-based attestation (Secure Boot, firmware measurement).
• Strong understanding of hardware/software interactions at low level.

Responsibilities

• Own the attestation architecture and strategy for the server platform and extend the chassis attestation chain to every component with firmware.
• Develop on-node attestation software and partner with teams building verification services across the fleet.
• Review code and designs, document end-to-end security models, and perform security assessments on systems software and services.

Skills

C/C++

Security engineering

Cryptography

Hardware attestation

Secure Boot

PKI & HSM

Mutual authentication

System software

Tools

Swift

Objective-C

Apple development tools

Job description

Apple Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Senior System Security Software Engineer focused on Platform Attestation.

You will own the attestation architecture for the server platform, spanning silicon, firmware, and on-node services, to ensure a known-good state across the fleet. You will collaborate with security, system software, manufacturing, and data center teams to design secure, verifiable measurements, extend attestation chains, and drive cryptographic integrity from manufacturing to