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Senior Security Software Engineer - Secure Transports

Apple

Location

Cupertino, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/23/2026

Compensation

Not listed

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.0% approval+30% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

The Secure Transports team at Apple is seeking a motivated software engineer to enhance cryptographic and secure protocols engineering. This role involves contributing to the security foundations for data in motion across Apple's innovative products. Engineers will impact the design and implementation of Apple's operating systems while collaborating with various security partners. The position offers a unique opportunity to innovate and create new security methods for millions of users.

Requirements

  • 5 years of professional software engineering experience
  • Experience in systems or OS development
  • A genuine passion for creating effective and pragmatic transport security
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
  • Experience with transparency technologies, such as certificate transparency
  • Strong understanding of recent developments and concerns with standard protocols such as TLS
  • Strong understanding of C, Objective-C, or Swift
  • Industry exposure to and knowledge of OS security and applied cryptography
  • Excellent teamwork and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the entire system from the kernel up through libraries, frameworks, and applications
  • Collaborate closely with security partners across various teams
  • Design and develop software for Apple's embedded and desktop operating systems
  • Tackle challenging engineering problems across the software stack
  • Create and quickly bring to market new security methods and technologies
  • Interact with and influence multiple organizations within and outside the company

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.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Apple Inc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

1,065

FY2026

Approval rate

99.0%

FY2026

LCA certified

9,221

FY2026

Entry-level share

5.6%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

+30%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-35%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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