SWE - User Land Security Researcher, SEAR (Early Career)
Core
Research and analyze vulnerabilities in Apple's user-facing platforms (iMessage, FaceTime, etc.) to invent defensive technologies and drive security mitigations.
Role type
Early Career Security Researcher (User Land)
Builds
Defensive technologies and security mitigations for billions of Apple devices
Domain
Consumer electronics security / Mobile OS security
Required skills
Secure coding, code auditing, exploit development, C, C++, Python
Preferred skills
Anti-exploitation mitigations, reverse engineering (IDA Pro, Ghidra), macOS/iOS security architectures, memory safe languages, assembly (ARM64)
Technologies
IDA Pro, Ghidra, ARM64
Responsibilities
Reverse engineer exploits, create automated vulnerability finding tools, build exploits to challenge mitigations, consult on hardware/software security, review code and propose new mitigations
Seniority
Early Career, hands-on IC