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Job Description
Security Engineer Cupertino, California, United States Software and Services Summary Posted:
Jun 09, 2026
Weekly Hours:
40
Role Number:
200667427-0836 Do you want first crack at new Apple Pay products? Come help them be more secure by breaking them first!
Join our Apple Pay Security Engineering team and help us deliver the safest and best user-experience. We work on Payments, Transit, Access, & Identity, across hardware, software, and server. If you're passionate about digital security and customer safety, we may have the job for you. Description You're a security engineer at heart: a pentester who breaks hardware, software, and services to find what others miss. You use AI to move faster and improve the tooling as you go: not shipping product features but building the Skills, Agents, and workflows that make our security testing sharper. Above all, you can disagree with the AI, prove it wrong, and make it better instead of rubber-stamping its results. Responsibilities Develop AI workflows to perform security review and security testing Develop Skills and Agents that instill security best practices into every phase of the
SDLC:
design, implementation, review, build/CI-CD, and post-launch Threat model development and secure design assessment of hardware and software Hands-on testing of hardware and software Validate and challenge AI findings, not just consume them Minimum Qualifications Drive and agency: You know how to use tools to learn new areas, experiment, and develop security issue discovery capabilities. You're curios and interested in learning new areas. You have a sense of ownership and pride in improving the environment.
Security engineering foundation:
You've threat modeled hardware and/or software designs, determining where attacks would come from and what protections exist in a design. You've performed hands-on security testing (pentesting, negative testing, or equivalent). You're skilled at security code reviews.
AI/agentic fluency:
You have hands-on experience using agentic/LLM-based coding tools. You're able to build and refine Skills, Agents and AI workflows, not just operate them. You're able to independently verify or refute a finding rather than accept it at face value Preferred Qualifications Superior problem solving and debugging skills Understanding of the use of various cryptographic algorithms (RSA, AES, SHA, etc.) Able to clearly communicate across many teams (Can you nicely tell the developer that they have a bug?) Ability to propose new designs and architectural improvements (Can you redesign what you just broke?) Experience either shipping software or integrating security into every stage of the software lifecycle. Pay & Benefits At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $181,100 and $318,400, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.
Note:
Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program. Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. At Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You'll find that idea reflected in everything here — in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong. Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.
