
Product Security Engineer, SEAR
Required skills
- security issues
- vulnerabilities
- security bugs
- exploit
- vulnerability research
- incident response
- security operations
- C++
- Objective C
- AI capabilities
Nice to have
- fuzzers
- static analyzers
- dynamic analyzers
- enterprise environments
Role summary
Apple Product Security Team is seeking a motivated engineer to investigate security issues across Apple products, focusing on immediate risks to customers. You will work on securing iOS, tvOS, watchOS, and macOS, collaborating with various teams. Responsibilities include reverse engineering exploits, analyzing vulnerabilities, developing security tools, and working with engineering teams on software issues. The role requires strong technical skills in C, C++, or Objective-C, familiarity with AI for security, experience with containerization and CI/CD, and a deep understanding of security principles. Preferred qualifications include experience with vulnerability research, incident response, or security operations.
Description
You will be directly involved in Apple's response to critical issues as they arise. From reverse engineering an exploit, providing insightful analysis on vulnerabilities, creating innovative tools to help find security bugs, and collaborating with engineering teams on software issues, the job is as diverse as it is critical. This position requires someone with strong technical strengths and an enthusiastic drive to secure systems by showing how they can be broken.
Minimum Qualifications
Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages (C, C++, Objective C) for building robust security automation systems Familiarity with common AI capabilities, such as function calling, and their application to security use cases Experience with production deployment using containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring tools Proven ability to analyze and investigate security issues through systematic approaches and tooling Understanding of security principles including vulnerability classes, exploit techniques, and common attack vectors Excellent communication skills for collaborating across diverse technical teams and stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications
Experience developing or leveraging security tools such as fuzzers, static/dynamic analyzers, or vulnerability management platforms Field experience in vulnerability research, incident response, or security operations Track record of shipping tools to large user bases in enterprise environments
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