iOS Engineer - App Analysis
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Building and improving static and dynamic analyzers to scan iOS applications for security and privacy issues.
Role type
Senior IC iOS security engineer
Builds
iOS static and dynamic analysis tools
Domain
Mobile security / iOS development
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
iOS application development, iOS runtime internals, Python tooling, Objective-C runtime APIs (swizzling), dynamic instrumentation tools (Frida, CydiaSubstrate)
Preferred skills
Reverse engineering iOS software
Technologies
Python, Objective-C, CydiaSubstrate, Frida
Responsibilities
Work with the mobile team on tools to statically analyze IPAs for security issues; Improve the dynamic analyzer to instrument apps and detect dangerous actions; Research and build new security checks for the scanning engine
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
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## About the role
Data Theorem is an exciting company focused on creating a more secure world for data. Rooted in a strong engineer first culture, every employee has an impact on product and direction. We are searching for exceptional talent pursuing an opportunity to grow and take ownership of the projects that resonate most with them. As an iOS engineer, you will be responsible for improving our scanning engine, for analyzing iOS applications and automatically finding security and privacy issues. You will:
- Work with the mobile team on a set of tools we've built to statically analyze IPAs in order to find security issues. We have open-sourced parts of our iOS static analyzer at https://github.com/datatheorem/strongarm.
- Improve our dynamic analyzer, which instruments mobile applications in order to study their behavior while running on a device, and detect dangerous actions that could lead to security issues.
- Be an active member of the Data Theorem's engineering team, which is spread across the United States, England and France.
- Research and build new security checks to be added to our scanning engine, so we can help customers build more secure iOS apps.
## Requirements
- Significant experience implementing iOS applications and tools.
- Good understanding of the iOS runtime.
- Some experience writing tools in Python.
## Nice to have
- Experience with taking apart iOS software in order to understand and/or modify it. This includes experience with Objective-C runtime APIs (ie. swizzling) and tools such as CydiaSubstrate, Frida, etc.
- No information security experience required - we are more interested in software engineering backgrounds.
## Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent work experience in related field.
- 3 plus years of experience working with mobile technologies.
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