Apple
Secure Design Engineer, SEAR
$150K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Jul 6, 2026
- Experience
- No specific years required; Bachelor’s in Computer Science or 3 years equivalent practical experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, or 3 years equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Secures Apple products by threat modeling features, finding software vulnerabilities, and advising teams on security controls and designs.
What you'll do
- Analyze systems, threat model features, identify implementation vulnerabilities, and recommend security controls.
- Collaborate across Apple to improve security and privacy while preserving usability and user experience.
- Design and promote security technologies and lead security initiatives.
What they ask for
- Familiarity with threat modeling and security architecture design.
- Experience using agentic coding tools for code reviews and software security testing.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence engineering teams and decision makers.
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science or 3 years equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Experience building secure software with engineering teams; understanding of security engineering, software delivery, and SDLC.
- Proficiency in OS internals and modern mitigation techniques; programming background in C, C++, Objective-C, and/or Swift.
Pay
$150,400 and $277,600 USD base salary
Tools
C, C++, Objective-C, Swift
AI focus
Uses agentic coding tools for code reviews and software security testing; secures agentic features and considers attacks against agentic software.
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