Senior Offensive Security Engineer

Apple

10/15/2025

Seattle, WA

Full-time

Salary: $171,600 - $302,200 a year

Job Description

The Apple Services Engineering (ASE) Security Red Team is seeking a Senior Staff Security Engineer to lead deep technical security reviews of critical ASE services and infrastructure to identify meaningful security improvement opportunities.

Requirements

8+ years in an information security field or software engineering; four or more of those years conducting security reviews
Extensive infrastructure, cloud, and application security experience
Experience communicating risk to engineering and leadership teams
Ability to reason about security of a large and complex application or infrastructure
Experience going deep on complex systems for extended engagements

Responsibilities

Scope and lead focused security reviews on critical internet scale applications and supporting infrastructure
Learn the services architecture and risk profile to build a scope that enables a meaningful security review
Identify security weaknesses, validate and design detection mechanisms, and provide actionable recommendations to enhance security posture
Collaborate with various architecture and engineering teams to continuously validate and improve security controls and detection capabilities
Develop proof of concept systems to automate security recommendations, vulnerability discovery, and process workflows

Benefits

Employees at Apple are often offered comprehensive benefits that support physical and mental well-being—flexible medical plans, confidential counseling, onsite wellness centers at major campuses, and resources for fitness and daily life. Families typically receive fertility support, paid parental leave with gradual return, caregiving leave, and dependent-care guidance, while financial perks commonly include stock grants (with purchase discounts), 401(k) matching, and income-protection coverage. Employees also see robust time off, Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement, donation matching and paid volunteer hours, and deep product and partner discounts.