Security Tooling Senior Software Engineer, SEAR

As part of Apples Security Engineering u0026 Architecture (SEAR) organization youll join our mission to create the worlds most secure products. We are committed to creating groundbreaking tools that enable security researchers to delve deep into our numerous codebases and frameworks to identify any security concerns efficiently across Apples full are seeking a Senior Software Engineer who combines deep software engineering expertise with the architectural thinking and operational discipline of a systems engineer. You will be the architect of the bridge between deep security tooling and the scalable intelligent platforms that put those tools to work integrating custom-built capabilities alongside external solutions into a unified reliable analysis ecosystem.

You will join a team at the intersection of security research and software engineering where the work you build directly shapes the speed and depth at which Apple can identify and address team has deep roots in security tooling instruments purpose-built for vulnerability researchers that require deep knowledge of the platform. You will build on and extend this foundation to architect and operate the larger systems that orchestrate these tools integrate external capabilities and run automated analysis workflows at scale across Apples codebases and this role you will design and implement the platform layer that connects individual analysis tools into coherent automated pipelines. You will think carefully about system architecture: how components communicate how workloads are scheduled and distributed how results are aggregated and surfaced to researchers. You will be involved from initial architecture decisions through deployment maintenance and will work hands-on with infrastructure containerized deployments service APIs authentication and access controls monitoring and observability bringing operational rigor to systems that security teams depend on. You will also bring AI-informed thinking to the platform identifying where intelligent automation can amplify the impact of the underlying you will collaborate closely with vulnerability researchers. Understanding how they work what they need and where bottlenecks exist will directly inform how the platform evolves. You are not expected to be a security researcher yourself but genuine curiosity about the domain and a strong working knowledge of vulnerability research workflows are essential to doing this job work will compound the teams impact enabling researchers to do in hours what might otherwise take weeks and expanding Apples ability to proactively secure its products at every layer of the stack.

Strong software engineering skills across systems and scripting languages (e.g. Python Swift C/C)nFamiliarity with AI/ML workflows LLM-assisted analysis or intelligent automation pipelinesnExperience designing and building complex distributed systems or multi-component service architecturesnFamiliarity with containerisation orchestration and cloud or on-premises infrastructure (e.g. Kubernetes Docker) and modern DevOps practices

Prior experience building or scaling security research tooling for production usenExperience integrating heterogeneous tooling ecosystems into cohesive platformsnEffective communicator able to translate complex technical systems to diverse audiences engineers researchers and leadership alikenSignificant engineering experience including multi-functional technical leadershipnDemonstrated ability to architect solutions to ambiguous cross-functional problems from initial design through delivery working independently and in close collaboration with partner teamsnUnderstanding of vulnerability research concepts offensive security tooling or security analysis workflows (static dynamic or binary)