Job Details

Cloud Security Engineer

New York City, New York, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: Jun 04, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200607769

Do you want first crack at uncovering security vulnerabilities and protecting millions of users? Join the Wallet, Payments & Commerce (Apple Pay) Penetration Testing team and play a critical role in safeguarding our innovative services such as:
- Apple Pay, Apple Cash, Apple Card, Tap-to-Pay
- Wallet passes for Transit, Access and Identity
- Payment systems that invoke processor APIs for our merchant properties (App Store, Apple Retail, Apple Store Online, and other digital store fronts)

Description

As a Security Engineer on our team, you'll be at the forefront of protecting customers by conducting continuous, in-depth security assessments. You will be challenged to solve complex technical problems, automate repetitive tasks, and influence the security posture of Apple services. You'll collaborate directly with internal teams to solve challenging software security problems and ensure secure development practices.

We aren’t builders. While we offer design and fix advice to engineering teams, we aren’t a development team. We generally spend none of our time coding and don’t need a dedicated developer.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years manually penetration testing server application and infrastructure-as-code software with a focus on identifying vulnerabilities that automated tools miss

• Manually audit the Java and/or Kotlin source code of web services and software authored in house by Apple

• Create and implement threat mitigation plans to address identified vulnerabilities and improve the overall security posture of Apple services

• Possess a strong desire to cultivate talent and mentor pentesters with various skill levels

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a DevOps culture

• Integrating security into teams that use CI/CD to deploy code quickly

• Conducting penetration tests of large scale AWS deployments

• Security code review of services written in either Kotlin or Go

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 $143,100 and $264,200, 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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