Job Details

iOS Software Engineer — Trust & Safety

Cupertino, California, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: Jul 07, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200612029

Our Trust and Safety team is responsible for ensuring the trust and safety of Apple services through a combination of threat modeling, data-driven policy, and machine learning. We are seeking an iOS Software Engineer who can help us build and maintain high-quality client frameworks and libraries in the iOS and MacOS SDKs for safeguarding user experiences Apple devices. We invite you to help advance and augment our existing portfolio of internal and public frameworks, in order to keep up with evolving platform architectures in an adversarial environment. Some publicly available APIs and features we are responsible for include DeviceCheck framework, and the Safety Check feature.

Description

Our team builds on-device solutions to support Apple’s Trust and Safety mission, covering Apple products spanning interpersonal safety, the developer ecosystem, phishing, and anti-spam. You will be responsible for maintaining and improving existing iOS SDK framework features in Objective-C and Swift, and implementing new and innovative ideas for the future. You will also be working hand-in-hand with other engineers across Interpersonal Safety, App Store, OS, Platform Security teams, and our partners at other companies who rely on our frameworks. We foster a collaborative work environment, and encourage solution autonomy on projects. Our goals are simple but the task is large; build the most trustworthy platform for publishing apps that all Apple Developers will love.

Minimum Qualifications

• Strong programming skills in Objective-C or Swift.

• Demonstrated ability to translate technical information into a compelling narrative to other technical experts, designers, and non-technical stakeholders alike.

• Bachelors degree in either Computer Science or Computer Engineering, and at least 3 years of relevant industry experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in a Safety Engineering or Security Engineering role.

• Experience with asynchronous programming, manual memory management, and designing APIs for other teams.

• Proficient at quickly reading and understanding unfamiliar code and APIs written by others.

• Capable of working autonomously to make timely and sound decisions about task priority, and committing to negotiated deliverables and deadlines.

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 $272,100, 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.Learn more about Apple Benefits. (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html)

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.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

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.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation.

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