Apple
Senior Software Engineer, Security Enablement Team ASE
$175K–$308K
Seattle, Washington · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 12, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering and building large-scale distributed systems.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Build and operate foundational security software and scalable distributed services that protect Apple’s critical infrastructure and data services.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, deploy, and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure software, scalable services, and coordination-service features.
- Gather customer requirements, develop self-service APIs, and work with etcd and Zookeeper open-source communities to resolve issues.
- Document service internals and runbooks, and mentor less experienced engineers.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering and building large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerization (CNCF Kubernetes Developer or equivalent).
- Experience with languages such as Java, Go, Python.
- Knowledge of securing RESTful and gRPC APIs, and understanding of operating systems concepts including multithreading, memory management, networking, storage, performance, and scale.
Nice to have
- Hands-on systems experience configuring and troubleshooting system initialization; understanding of network security, incident response, cryptography, and authentication and authorization mechanisms.
- Experience developing software in open-source communities.
Pay
$175,000 to $308,500 USD base salary
Tools
Java, Go, Python, Kubernetes, Docker, Cassandra, Kafka, Valkey
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