Apple

Security Software Engineering Manager - Platform and Frameworks

Apple$150K — $180K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of leadership experience managing software engineering teams
  • Proven expertise in developing operating system services or SDKs
  • Hands-on coding experience in languages like Swift, Rust, Objective-C, or C++
  • In-depth knowledge of software security principles and memory safety
  • Strong understanding of system-level design, including multi-threading and IPC
  • Experience in fostering team culture and supporting career growth
  • A Bachelor’s or Master's degree in a related field

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage a team focused on enhancing operating system security
  • Collaborate with core OS maintainers to implement security improvements
  • Deliver well-designed and maintainable software features
  • Drive the hiring and development of talented engineers
  • Set and maintain high standards for engineering excellence
  • Oversee the successful delivery of software projects
  • Facilitate a collaborative and inclusive team environment

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge security technologies
  • Impactful role improving end-user security across Apple's ecosystem
  • Support for professional development and career growth
  • Engagement with a passionate and talent-rich engineering team
  • Contribution to the security of devices used by over a billion customers
Full Job Description
The SPEAR team in Apple's Security Engineering & Architecture organization is hiring a collaborative OS platform software engineering manager with a drive to improve the security of end user devices.\n\nSPEAR is a dedicated team of software engineers who work on security hardening across all of Apple's operating systems. We operate as a tiger team to do hands-on work deploying security improvements wherever they are most needed. These improvements range from targeted adoptions of memory safety technologies to wholesale refactors that reorient key system components to build security into the core. Our work results in significant improvements to the security of Apple's apps and services without compromising the polished user experience over a billion users rely on every day. \n\nAs an engineering manager in SPEAR, you will lead projects in collaboration with the maintainers of core operating system components to make meaningful and sustainable security improvements. Your team will deliver well-designed, robust, and maintainable software features that meaningfully improve end user security. Your team's accomplishments will dramatically accelerate progress on improving the security of our users' devices. As a leader in a growing organization, you will hire and develop talented engineers who will help set the standard for cross-functional collaboration and engineering excellence.\n\nAs a result of the collective effort of dedicated engineers like yourself, Apple's products are the most secure consumer devices on the market. Our mission is to continue to advance the state of the art of end user security. Our goal isn't simply to be the most secure: we're working to ensure the safety of every user's digital life, even against the most malicious and well-resourced adversaries.

As a software engineering manager in SPEAR, you will: Lead and manage a team of collaborative software engineers improving the security of critical operating system software. Grow the team by hiring and developing top engineering talent at all experience levels.

Experience leading a software team developing operating system services, native SDKs, or native applications Hands-on experience with software development in a system language such as Swift, Rust, Objective-C, or C++ Deep understanding of software security principles, with a focus on memory safety and mitigations against binary exploitation Understanding of system-level concepts including multi-threaded design, synchronization, and interprocess communication Experience building a strong and diverse team, promoting healthy team culture, driving process improvements, and supporting career growth of team members Proven track record of owning and leading successful delivery of software projects Enthusiastic, empathetic, and collaborative approach to multi-functional projects

Bachelors or Masters in related field

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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154,000 employees
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Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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