Endpoint Security Engineer

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. The Endpoint Security team is reshaping the security capabilities and manageability of Macs and other devices. We are seeking candidates with a great mix of software engineering know-how, risk assessment methodology, and security engineering practices. An ideal candidate is passionate about macOS security and protecting Apple and its customers against sophisticated attacks.

You will join the Security Engineering and Architecture organization which provides operating system security foundations 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 desktop and operating system products, collaborating closely with all other security stakeholders, ranging from our Silicon Engineering group to our Cloud Services group. 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 cultivates product innovation, rapid product iteration, and a liberating amount of autonomy in which you will be encouraged to build and quickly bring to market new security methods and technologies to address the sophisticated 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.

• Designing and implementing core security and telemetry technology on Apple's operating systems.
• Understanding of past, current, and emerging malware and security exploits and applying this knowledge to adding security boundaries and defense mechanisms.
• Working cross-functionally with other software, hardware, red teams, malware analysts and support teams to provide the best security solutions for Apple’s products.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills with partner teams.

• At least 5 years of experience as a Software Engineer in a systems programming or kernel development role
• Highly competent with at least one systems programming language and secure coding practices.
• Deep understanding of operating system internals, language runtimes, and compilers.
• Ability to delivery proven work on tight schedules
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent software development experience.

• Initiative to provide architectural mentorship to teams lacking resident security expertise
• Ability to critically analyze security properties of a system via a threat model
• Red team team mindset when developing security software