Apple
Privacy Architect
$216K–$394K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Own privacy architecture and strategy for Apple Wallet, Payments, and Commerce, translating global regulations into engineering standards and guiding privacy-by-design across products.
What you'll do
- Own the privacy architecture, centralized engineering framework, and multi-year roadmap across WPC offerings.
- Define privacy risk methods, controls, monitoring, and logging strategy; automate risk identification and guide remediation of systemic risks.
- Partner with Apple privacy, legal, engineering, and senior leadership to resolve complex decisions and translate regulations into engineering guidance.
What they ask for
- 12+ years of experience in privacy engineering, security engineering, or related architecture roles.
- Deep privacy engineering expertise and command of global regulations, translated into engineering decisions.
- Track record defining standards or platforms adopted across large engineering organizations and leading through influence.
- Experience using generative AI in regulated environments; strong written and verbal communication, including executive briefings and regulator-facing material.
Nice to have
- Payments, financial services, or other regulated-domain experience, including audit expectations and frameworks such as NIST, SOC 2, and ISO 27001.
- Hands-on experience building shared privacy platforms or representing engineering in regulatory, partner, or industry engagements.
Pay
USD $216,200 to $394,000 (base salary)
Tools
GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, NIST, SOC 2, ISO 27001
AI focus
Use generative AI to build tools, automate privacy risk identification, and accelerate engineering workflows; develop AI-assisted privacy-by-design capabilities and address AI-driven commerce risk.
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