Apple

Senior Security Engineer

Apple • $130K — $160K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of hands-on experience in security engineering or relevant fields
  • Strong understanding of AI and ML systems, including their security risks
  • Experience with cloud-native applications and complex distributed systems
  • Proven ability to communicate security risks to diverse stakeholders
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Security, or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

  • Research and identify emerging technologies and vulnerabilities
  • Conduct security assessments of AI applications and infrastructure
  • Develop methodologies and tooling for scalable security evaluations
  • Partner with engineering teams to enhance security in the development process
  • Evangelize security best practices and tools across engineering teams

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
  • Opportunity to influence security practices across a fast-paced organization
  • Access to cutting-edge technologies and projects
  • Engagement with industry-leading professionals
  • Focus on continuous improvement and innovation in security processes
Full Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Security Engineer to play a pivotal role in shaping the security posture of our most critical applications and infrastructure - with a particular focus on AI/ML systems and emerging technologies. In this high-impact role, you will lead sophisticated security assessments, conduct comprehensive threat modeling, and drive security requirements across our technology ecosystem - ensuring that rigorous security is embedded from the ground up.\n\nYou will develop repeatable methodologies for evaluating complex systems and emerging technologies, and deliver clear, actionable findings to engineering and business stakeholders. Beyond assessments, you will serve as a strategic partner - influencing engineering teams to build securely and championing a culture of proactive risk management.\n\nOur scope spans all of Apple's application and infrastructure development, new services and technologies, and organizational processes. Our team works cross-functionally with other security teams and development teams, providing security consulting and driving new security initiatives across one of the fastest-moving technology environments.

As a Senior Security Engineer in Apple Information Security, you will: * Research and identify emerging technologies, threats, and vulnerabilities to proactively define security requirements and controls before they reach production. * Conduct hands-on security assessments of AI applications and infrastructure, including ML pipelines and agentic systems, identifying vulnerabilities and security risks across the full AI/ML stack. * Develop techniques, tooling, and automation to support and scale security assessments of AI applications and infrastructure. * Partner with engineering teams to develop tools and procedures that shift security left in the AI application development lifecycle, enabling teams to identify and remediate risks earlier. * Evangelize assessment tools, security processes, and proven solutions across engineering teams, driving consistent adoption of security best practices for AI across the organization.

Experience conducting security assessments of complex distributed systems, cloud-native applications, and large-scale infrastructure. Experience developing security requirements, threat models, or risk assessments for new and emerging technologies. Experience applying industry leading security best practices to AI/ML solutions. Working knowledge of AI/ML concepts including model training pipelines, inference services, vector databases, agentic systems, and LLM-based applications. Understanding of common AI/ML security risks including prompt injection, insecure tool use, data leakage, and supply chain vulnerabilities. Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey security risk to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Security, or 5+ years of equivalent hands-on experience.

Experience defining and implementing security requirements and controls for AI infrastructure, tooling, applications, and services. Experience developing security tooling or automation leveraging LLMs. Experience securing AI agents and emerging agentic protocols such as MCP (Model Context Protocol) or A2A. Experience with ML platforms and tooling Proven track record securing enterprise platforms, cloud-based solutions, or privacy-focused systems.

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.

Apple Careers

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Size
154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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