Senior Software Security Engineering

Seattle Until 9/21/2026 7+ years exp First posted July 23, 2026 Last posted July 23, 2026
Job description

The Apple Services Engineering Security team is looking for an outstanding software engineer to build and integrate software to secure workloads across the next generation of data centers. In this highly collaborative role, you will be at the center of multiple efforts to secure diverse compute workloads. You will be part of a team that builds and maintains system software such as runtime libraries, frameworks, and network services. You will partner with teams across Apple to adapt, tailor, and scale software on a novel compute platform and will help to build the foundation of our future cloud architecture. We are looking for someone with proven mastery building and managing scalable, resilient systems. You should have a strong mix of education and practical experience with a real passion for diving head first into challenging problems. Be ready to make something phenomenal when you come here. Dynamic and industry-defining technologies are the norm at Apple. The people who work here have reinvented and defined entire industries with our products. The same real passion for innovation also applies to our business practices - strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.

Description

In this role, you will design, build, maintain and operate the core system infrastructure that powers the next generation of data centers. You will collaborate with diverse technical teams to develop cutting-edge Identity and Authorization software, ensuring it meets the highest standards of security, scalability, and reliability.

Minimum Qualifications

5 years of professional experience with the Go programming language
7 + years writing high-quality, reliable code, including unit and integration tests, and maintaining clear and concise documentation
Solid operating system fundamentals with IPC, Sockets, Virtualization, etc.
Experience developing gRPC / REST-based backend services
Excellent communication skills, both written and presentation
Experience with concurrency and multithreaded development
Ability to coach colleagues and give impactful feedback
Passion for software architecture, APIs, and high performance extensible software
Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills

Preferred Qualifications

Proficiency in one of C/C++, Obj-C
Experience with Kubernetes and familiarity with containers
Good understanding of PKI
Experience with optimizing complex CI/CD pipelines
Experience with Swift, Objective-C and Apple development tools
Experience in macOS Development, XPC

About this role

Summary

Design, build, and maintain secure scalable system infrastructure for data centers.

Job title

Senior Software Security Engineering

Experience level

7+ years

Minimum experience

7+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Seattle, on-site role with possible remote flexibility

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

Gounit testingintegration testingOS fundamentalsIPCSocketsVirtualizationgRPCRESTconcurrencymultithreaded developmentsoftware architectureAPIs

Preferred skills

C/C++Obj-CKubernetescontainersPKICI/CD pipelinesSwiftXPC

Specializations

securitysystem softwarecloud infrastructureidentity and authorizationnetwork services
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Seattle, WA, USA

On-site City