Security Software Engineer, Secure Transports
Apple Inc
Santa Clara Valley (Cupertino), CA
Job posting number: #7133625 (Ref:apl-200465569)
Posted: February 27, 2023
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Summary
Embedded within Apple’s Security Engineering & Architecture organization, the Secure Transports team’s mission is to deliver world-class cryptographic and secure protocols engineering. At the heart of an organization dedicated to building the most secure operating system in the world and putting it in the hands of millions of customers, the team is looking for a motivated software engineer to help push its technologies to the next level.
You will join a team that provides the security foundations for data in motion across all of Apple’s innovative products, including Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. You will contribute to the entire system, from the kernel up through libraries, frameworks, and applications. As an engineer, you will have the opportunity to majorly impact the design and implementation of Apple’s embedded and desktop operating system products, collaborating closely with all other security partners, ranging from our Silicon Engineering group to our Cloud Services group. Designing and developing software for hundreds of millions of users. People who LOVE the products you make. Working for a company whose dedication to user privacy is at the heart of everything it does. Being surrounded by the most creative, passionate, talented engineers in the industry. Constantly being challenged to go beyond the norm to find new, innovative ways of solving problems and to make software safer, easier, and more fun to use. Not many jobs can offer all of these things. Software Engineering jobs at Apple do, and much more.
You will join a team that provides the security foundations for data in motion across all of Apple’s innovative products, including Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. You will contribute to the entire system, from the kernel up through libraries, frameworks, and applications. As an engineer, you will have the opportunity to majorly impact the design and implementation of Apple’s embedded and desktop operating system products, collaborating closely with all other security partners, ranging from our Silicon Engineering group to our Cloud Services group. Designing and developing software for hundreds of millions of users. People who LOVE the products you make. Working for a company whose dedication to user privacy is at the heart of everything it does. Being surrounded by the most creative, passionate, talented engineers in the industry. Constantly being challenged to go beyond the norm to find new, innovative ways of solving problems and to make software safer, easier, and more fun to use. Not many jobs can offer all of these things. Software Engineering jobs at Apple do, and much more.
Key Qualifications
- 3+ years of relevant experience
- A genuine passion for creating effective and pragmatic transport security
- Strong understanding of recent developments and concerns with standard protocols such as TLS
- Systems/OS development experience
- Excellent Swift or Objective-C programming skills
- Industry exposure to and knowledge of OS security and applied cryptography
- Highly professional, with the ability to deliver solid work on tight schedules
- Working multi-functionally with other software, hardware, marketing, and support teams to provide the best security solutions for Apple’s products
- Excellent teamwork skills. We work with all engineering teams involved in these products, and on all of their code.
Description
Successful candidates will be generalists capable of tackling challenging wide-ranging engineering problems anywhere in the software stack, determining the appropriate compromise between several often competing factors such as ease of use, performance, and of course security. Our environment fosters product innovation, rapid product iteration, and a liberating amount of autonomy in which you will be encouraged to create and quickly bring to market new security methods and technologies to address the complex needs of mobile and distributed computing. The position also has a strong multi-functional aspect that will require you to interact with and influence many people from several organizations within and outside the company.
In this role you will:
Help define the security properties and architecture for the next-generation operating system
Design and implement new techniques to protect users privacy during web browsing, email, and secure messaging sessions
Investigate and implement the next evolution in secure protocols
Work cooperatively with other parts of Apple on multi-functional technologies and initiatives to improve security
Promote and drive the adoption of these technologies across the organization
In this role you will:
Help define the security properties and architecture for the next-generation operating system
Design and implement new techniques to protect users privacy during web browsing, email, and secure messaging sessions
Investigate and implement the next evolution in secure protocols
Work cooperatively with other parts of Apple on multi-functional technologies and initiatives to improve security
Promote and drive the adoption of these technologies across the organization
Education & Experience
BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience/skills
Additional Requirements
- Preferred Experience:
- - iOS and macOS exposure
- - Experience with TLS, X.509 certificate evaluation, or other secure protocols
Pay & Benefits
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