The privacy engineering team at Apple is focused on designing and enforcing controls to protect user data across all Apple platforms. As generative AI and intelligent features evolve, the expectations for privacy engineering are rapidly changing. This role seeks exceptional systems engineers to define privacy in an AI-driven world while maintaining user trust. The position involves designing, implementing, and debugging production systems that power privacy controls across various operating systems.

• Proficiency in C, Objective-C, C++, or Swift
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Experience designing system-level APIs and background daemons
• Strong Unix-like systems programming knowledge
• Experience building reliable daemons with robust lifecycle management
• Experience designing fault-tolerant error handling for long-running system daemons
• Clear technical communication skills
• Familiarity with AI-powered tools and their effective incorporation into workflows
• System architecture design experience for privacy or security software
• Cross-functional technical leadership experience
• macOS or Unix systems programming background
• Full software development lifecycle experience
• Relational database and local storage design familiarity
• Practical experience using generative AI tools in an engineering workflow
• Ability to reason about the privacy and data-access implications of machine learning systems
• Experience with responsible AI development practices

• Design, implement, and debug production systems that power privacy controls across Apple platforms.
• Architect permission frameworks and strengthen privacy architecture against evolving threats.
• Build foundational components that operate across operating systems.
• Tackle new privacy challenges introduced by generative AI technologies.
• Control how on-device models and intelligent features access sensitive user data.
• Design permission and consent frameworks for AI-driven workflows.
• Enforce data minimization and sandboxing for on-device AI models.
• Build privacy-preserving on-device inference into systems from the ground up.

• 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.