Senior Security Engineer - Security Assurance Scaling
AppleSenior Security Engineer - Security Assurance Scaling
AppleLocation
Seattle, WA
Type
Full-time
Posted
10/1/2026
Compensation
Not listed
Job description
The Senior Security Engineer role at Apple Services Engineering focuses on collaborating with various engineering teams to enhance the security of iCloud and Media services. This position involves conducting security reviews, threat modeling, and developing security standards to protect Apple's services. The engineer will work closely with security and platform teams to enforce security controls and improve security practices across the organization. The role requires a deep understanding of security technologies and methodologies to drive improvements that impact millions of users.
Requirements
- 8 or more years conducting security reviews, threat modeling, tracking findings, and communicating risk to engineering and leadership.
- Hands-on experience in cloud security engineering with demonstrated expertise in securing at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or AliCloud) in production environments.
- Experience securing cloud-native applications and workloads, including containerized environments (Kubernetes/EKS/GKE) and serverless architectures (Lambda/Cloud Functions).
- Experience building, evaluating or directing the use of AI/ML-based security tooling to scale secure design review capacity.
- Conversant in at least one programming language such as Python, Java, Go, or Swift.
- Experience identifying and prioritizing security enforcement points within infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with policy-as-code approaches sufficient to define control requirements and evaluate proposed implementations.
Responsibilities
- Partner with infrastructure and application teams to identify areas where security standards should be applied.
- Conduct security reviews and develop threat models throughout the development lifecycle.
- Help prioritize which security capabilities and controls need to be applied.
- Define, prioritize, and advocate for platform-wide security improvements.
- Establish relationships with teams to drive security improvements.
- Identify opportunities for automated enforcement and partner with security and platform engineering teams to implement them.
- Use data to drive security review efficiency and prioritize high-value security team engagement.
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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