Historical snapshotsenior (6+ yrs)Captured Oct 17, 2026, 2:10 a.m.

Senior Software Engineer, Security/Privacy, Enterprise Technology Services

Apple

Location
Sunnyvale, California, United States · Onsite
Compensation
$184,700 - $277,600 USD annually
Employment
Full-time
Experience level
SENIOR (6+ years exp)
Specialization
Software Engineer
Source
Apple

Role Overview

At Apple, new insights have a way of becoming revolutionary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish.

The Emerging Technologies team specializes in building forward-looking, extremely scalable platforms. The team has a passion for solving challenging problems, exploring new domains, and engineering transformational solutions. The diversity of our team and thinking inspires innovation that runs through everything we do.

Responsibilities

We are looking for a talented software engineer with expertise in designing and developing some of the largest and most scalable applications in the world. This core engineering role requires you to be hands-on in coding, building and tuning extremely scalable, distributed services. You will design and build novel software solutions utilizing applied machine learning and generative AI algorithms at scale. You need to have a track record that demonstrates innovation, strong collaboration, excellent interpersonal skills. You will work with engineering teams and business partners across Apple. Our engineering team fosters creativity and builds novel solutions to deliver engineering perfection.

Requirements & Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

6+ years of experience in Software Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering. Lead the design and architecture of scalable, distributed systems. Skilled in cloud technologies such as AWS or GCP, container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, and Microservices.

Solid understanding of applied Machine Learning, deep Learning (including LLMs), NLP and running machine learning tasks on cloud compute.

Expertise in tuning, profiling, and optimizing applications written in polyglot settings (languages such as Java, Rust or Swift on Sever). Knowledge in Relational, NoSQL Databases, and Microservices. Innovative, think out of the box, and have a strong drive for excellence. Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

Demonstrated success providing guidance and mentorship to junior engineers. Experience with using Privacy enabling technologies to deliver solutions. Experience with monitoring deployed solutions for performance, drift, and service level objectives (SLO) Good verbal and written communication skills, and interpersonal skills.

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 $184,700 and $277,600, 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

Apply directly on Apple Jobs at Senior Software Engineer, Security/Privacy, Enterprise Technology Services.

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