Software Development Engineer - Security, Enterprise Technology Services

Sunnyvale Until 9/22/2026 7+ years exp First posted July 24, 2026 Last posted July 24, 2026
Job description

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other’s ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It’s the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Emerging Technologies team specializes in building forward-looking, extremely scalable platforms. The team has a passion for solving hard problems, exploring new domains, and engineering custom solutions optimal for Apple. You will join a hands-on development team that fosters creativity and generates novel solutions to deliver engineering perfection. In this role, you will develop Apple's next generation perimeter security and load balancing solutions. You will help address immensely technical challenges including security, availability and fault tolerance in proxies fronting Apple's largest, highly scaled and distributed services. Your contributions to network and application security will enable Apple to respond to emerging threats. Emerging Technologies team specializes in building forward-looking, extremely scalable platforms. The team has a passion for solving hard problems, exploring new domains, and engineering custom solutions optimal for Apple. You will join a hands-on development team that fosters creativity and generates novel solutions to deliver engineering perfection. In this role, you will develop Apple's next generation perimeter security and load balancing solutions. You will help address immensely technical challenges including security, availability and fault tolerance in proxies fronting Apple's largest, highly scaled and distributed services. Your contributions to network and application security will enable Apple to respond to emerging threats.

Description

Emerging Technologies team is seeking talented, highly motivated and disciplined engineers to work across Layer 4 - Layer 7 load balancing and security technologies.

Minimum Qualifications

Expertise in C & C++
Extensive knowledge of TCP/IP, SSL, HTTP Protocols and Web/Network Security
Good understanding of HTTP/HTTPS proxies
Knowledge of IP Networking, BGP & NAT
At least 7 years of relevant software development experience
Bachelor's / Master’s in Computer science or related engineering field

Preferred Qualifications

Programming experience in LUA, Python, Go and Rust
Knowledge of WAF
Experience with public cloud platforms: GCP, AWS
Working experience with load balancer products like IPVS, NGINX and Envoy

About this role

Summary

Develop security and load balancing solutions for Apple’s scalable platforms.

Job title

Software Development Engineer - Security, Enterprise Technology Services

Experience level

7+ years

Minimum experience

7+ years exp

Industry

technology

Location requirements

Sunnyvale; remote not allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

CC++TCP/IPSSLHTTPWeb securitynetwork securityproxies

Preferred skills

LUAPythonGoRustWAFGCPAWSIPVSNGINXEnvoy

Specializations

securitynetworkingload balancingproxiesnetwork security
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Sunnyvale, CA, USA

On-site City