Apple
User Secrets, Software Engineer, SEAR
$150K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Mar 27, 2026
- Education
- Preferred: M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.
About the job
Build and secure systems for storing, synchronizing, and recovering users’ private data across Apple products, including iCloud end-to-end encrypted data recovery.
What you'll do
- Develop server-based end-to-end encrypted data recovery systems.
- Contribute code and security expertise to iCloud encrypted data synchronization systems.
- Collaborate with security partners working on operating systems, Secure Enclave hardware, and iCloud servers.
What they ask for
- Exposure to and knowledge of OS security, applied cryptography, and key management.
- Knowledge of distributed consensus algorithms.
- Expertise in C.
- Passion for building effective, scalable tools to safeguard user data.
Nice to have
- M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.
- Experience developing for Trusted Execution Environments; Swift or Obj-C experience; collaboration, leadership, and delivery on tight schedules.
Pay
$150,400 to $277,600 USD base salary
Tools
C, Swift, Obj-C, Secure Enclave, iCloud
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