Senior Software Engineer - Security Automation

Role Overview

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The Apple Services Engineering Security team builds and provides secure systems and infrastructure that fuel Apple's services (such as iCloud, iTunes, Siri, App Store, and Maps). 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 ASE Security Automation. We build the tools, systems, and services that automate security assurance across Apple's services: agentic vulnerability and rapid risk assessment, design review tooling, and the registers of security-critical applications, data, and environments that security teams rely on, We build automation capabilities, and the tools other security teams run today, under one roof: risk-scoring pipelines, compliance workflows, and an agentic risk-assessment layer.

We are hiring a Staff/Senior Software Engineer who can build, support, refactor, and ship across all of it.

Responsibilities

We're looking for a versatile senior software engineer who moves between our systems based on organizational priority and makes each one better for having worked on it. One quarter you may be implementing a critical service on the new platform; the next, refactoring a legacy tool that security reviewers depend on daily, or preparing a system for production so it runs with low friction and low maintenance.

You will work with our Tech Leads and hiring manager on technical direction, then independently own the delivery of the critical components you take on — from design through production. You will set the bar for how our systems are built to run well in production, and you will mentor engineers and influence their technical solutions along the way.

Requirements & Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

8+ years building, operating, and maintaining production software — backend services, automation Highly proficient in at least one of Python, Go, or Java Experience building production web frontends with TypeScript and React Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, containers and Kubernetes, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code

Experience supporting and maintaining legacy systems in production, refactoring or migrating them into new systems, and building new systems from scratch

Track record of building systems for operational excellence: staged deployments, test environments, automated testing, and observability

Experience integrating first-party and third-party APIs, tools, and services into reliable end-to-end workflows

MS or BS or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field OR equivalent practical experience in Software or Security Engineering.

Preferred Qualifications

Production experience in more than one of Python, Go, or Java Working knowledge of application and cloud security concepts (threat modeling, vulnerabilities, secure configuration)

Experience with security tooling such as SAST/SCA scanners, SBOM tooling, or vulnerability intelligence platforms

Experience building LLM- or agent-based features, integrating agents with existing systems (tool calling, MCP), or evaluating AI output quality Familiarity with AWS cloud resources (S3, EC2, Lambda, Step Functions, etc.) Experience building batch or streaming data pipelines Experience with Swift or mobile development Experience delivering tooling used by non-engineer users such as security reviewers or analysts

Track record of mentoring engineers and raising engineering practices beyond your own work

Compensation & 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 $175,000 and $308,500, 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 Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Application Instructions

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