Apple
Systems Software Engineer, Information Security
$175K–$308K
Austin, Texas +1 · Full-time · Posted Jan 12, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Seattle, Washington
About the job
Designs, develops, deploys, and maintains security services, platforms, and embedded systems that protect Apple’s information and support secure operations.
What you'll do
- Build and deploy scalable security services and platforms, including embedded systems.
- Tune security products for resilience and perform root cause analysis to address issues.
- Apply automation, tooling, testing, and continuous development practices across the software lifecycle.
What they ask for
- Strong skills in common systems programming languages and understanding of operating system fundamentals.
- Experience with framework and daemon development, hardware and/or software development lifecycle processes, and continuous development practices.
- Understanding of configuration management technologies, security issues and protocols, authentication and authorization frameworks, network security, and applied cryptography.
- Ability to develop and maintain applications, adapt to new technologies, and communicate and collaborate effectively.
Nice to have
- Experience in system architecture, including driver and firmware development; shipped software for iOS/macOS/tvOS.
- Ability to comprehend hardware specs and schematics; programming background in Swift, C, C++ or Objective-C.
Pay
$175,000 and $308,500 (base salary)
Tools
CI/CD, OAuth, OpenID, SAML, iOS, macOS, tvOS, Swift
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