Senior Software Engineer

Apple; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Security Application Engineer to join their dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you will design and build secure systems that protect customer data across various services. Your expertise will help tackle significant security challenges while collaborating with talented teams to deliver high-quality software. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the security of widely used services, ensuring the highest standards are met. If you're passionate about software and security engineering, this role is perfect for you to make a meaningful impact in a forward-thinking company.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software or security engineering with proven high-quality software delivery.
• Experience in cloud services and securing SDLC processes.

Responsibilities

• Design and build platforms and tools for secure services and products.
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams to meet stakeholder needs.

Skills

Software Engineering

Security Engineering

Java

Python

Go

Swift

Cloud Infrastructure

SDLC Security

Communication Skills

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

CI/CD Tools

Source Control Management (SCM)

Job description

Summary: The Apple Services Engineering Security team builds and provides secure systems and infrastructure that fuel Apple’s services (such as iCloud, Music, Siri, and the App Store). As part of the ASE Security team, you will help manage the security needs of Apple’s services around the world. You will build and integrate the security controls, guardrails, and frameworks that help protect our customers' data in Apple’s infrastructure. We are looking for a Senior Security Application Engineer who will play an important role in helping us build solutions to a variety of outstanding security challenges. Join us, and you’ll play a meaningful role in ensuring the highest standard of security for one of the most-watched companies in the world.

Description: As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and building critical platforms, services, and tools that enable Apple to build secure services and products. This is a highly collaborative role where you will be working with security & engineering teams across Apple to understand the needs of stakeholders, align on goals, and deliver high-quality software that meets Apple's standard and scale. Your daily activities will include understanding requirements, designing solutions, coding, testing, and integrating our services to provide a great user experience. You will also be expected to participate in prototyping, mentoring, design/code/security reviews, and incident analysis. As a senior engineer, you will apply your expertise to prioritize critical features and deliver quality solutions.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ years of work experience in software or security engineering.
• Proven experience in designing, building, and delivering high quality and performant software.
• Deep understanding of services oriented architecture, building internet-scale, distributed and critical services.
• Extensive knowledge in at least one of the following languages: Java, Python, Go, Swift.
• Ability and openness to learn other programming languages as needed.
• Experience working with infrastructure and running services in the cloud.
• Good understanding of securing SDLC at different phases of development and common tools used in the industry (SCM, CI/CD).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to evangelize your work to leadership and engineers including writing requirements and solid technical guides.
• Ability to collaborate with multi-functional teams located in different timezones to drive initiatives and get alignments.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience in a related field.

Key Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

• Background in Security or Security adjacent projects.
• Bonus: Experience with UI/UX and React (or similar JS Frameworks).

Education & Experience:

Additional Requirements:

• Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure 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.