Software Engineer, Security Infrastructure

Apple; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 313,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Cupertino seeks a Software Engineer for Security Infrastructure. You will build systems to enhance security and privacy, working on large-scale projects that protect users from malware. Join a diverse team focused on innovation and excellence in security. Your role includes developing software systems, improving efficiency, and collaborating with external teams. If you have a passion for technology and a commitment to quality, this is your opportunity to make a significant impact.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Discounted products and free services

Educational reimbursement

Discretionary bonuses

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience building large scale data processing pipelines.
• Excellent coding skills in an imperative programming language.
• Experience with cloud services and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Build software systems for security prevention and detection.
• Work on large scale pipelines for processing and analyzing software.
• Create and improve heuristics for detecting and blocking malware.

Skills

Python

Ruby

Golang

Effective communication

Enthusiasm for new technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

Kubernetes

Amazon Web Services

Job description

Software Engineer, Security Infrastructure

**Cupertino, California, United States**

**Software and Services**

**Summary**

Posted: **May 14, 2025**

Weekly Hours: **40**

Role Number: **200604723**

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other’s ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It’s the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you’ll do more than join something — you’ll add something.

We’re on a mission to protect our users from malware. Help us build and maintain world-class compute infrastructure at massive scale and enable fast-paced security development. We are a cross functional team that powers key parts of Apple’s security, privacy, and app review infrastructure.

**Description**

As a member of our team you will build software systems that power our security prevention, detection, and response to malware. You will work on our large scale pipelines that process and analyze software for Apple. You will also create and improve various heuristics for detecting and blocking malware as well as improving efficiency of the teams we support. New security capabilities will be supported and we encourage you to bring your ideas to the table to help our mission. You will keep systems reliable, performant, and observable to keep operations lean.

Our team cares deeply about providing Apple’s customers with the highest standard in security and privacy on our products. We build large-scale systems that automate vulnerability discovery in Apple software and we build public-facing systems to collaborate with external security teams. This role is a Software Engineering/SRE role tasked with making these systems highly reliable while scaling to the needs of our customers’ 1B+ devices.

Here are examples of the kinds of projects you will be working on with us:

- Restructure a monolithic pipeline into a set of microservices
- Implement security analysis fuzzing infrastructure with 100k parallel nodes
- Building internal facing CRUD web app to collaborate with external teams
- Create automatic provisioning and deployment tools and provide CI/CD
- Analyze telemetry and optimize system performance of both microservice and monolith cloud applications
- Debug without boundaries and deep dive into the full stack and improving the ability to debug the code as you go
- Keep business-critical systems running with maximal automation and minimal human intervention
- Continually reduce operational load for the team by improving the observability and reliability of our systems

**Minimum Qualifications**

+ Bachelor's degree in computer science, or equivalent experience of 2 or more years building or rebuilding large scale data processing pipelines as a key contributor owning both operations and software development

+ Requirement for on-call rotation, which includes weekends

+ Excellent coding skills leading to performant and debuggable code that can be maintained by a large team, ideally in an imperative programming language used by SRE teams. Examples: Python (preferred), Ruby, Golang

+ Effective communication of complex technical concepts leading to shipping impactful projects

+ Have owned and deployed software supporting a critical function to cloud or bare metal systems where uptime matters

+ Enthusiasm for new technologies and growth

**Preferred Qualifications**

+ Experience with Kubernetes and/or Amazon Web Services

+ Experienced with building cloud services and distributed systems that are performance sensitive and observable

+ Experienced in database utilization at scale

+ Front end experience doing light HTML, Javascript, and React for updating simple CRUD applications.

+ Strong Python experience.

**Pay & Benefits**

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 $175,800 and $312,200, 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. (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html)

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 (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

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 (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation.

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