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Security Software Engineer, OS Security, SEAR at Apple

Department: Software and Services

Compensation · Listed in posting

$129,300 – $225,300

Location
Cupertino, California
Level
not_specified
Posted

Description

Apple’s OS Security team is hiring a software engineer to design, build, and deploy containment and isolation mechanisms across macOS and iOS. The role develops compartmentalization, mandatory access control, policy engines, secure APIs, and high-performance systems code, while collaborating with Silicon Engineering, Human Interface designers, and other teams. Responsibilities include analyzing frameworks and applications, balancing security, performance, and usability, and ensuring security technologies are effectively used across Apple. The position requires a computer science degree or equivalent systems-programming and security experience, strong C and low-level systems programming skills, and familiarity with operating-system internals and security exploits.

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