Security Software Engineer, OS Security, SEAR

Cupertino, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-08 → 2026-09-28

Core

Design, build, and deploy containment and isolation mechanisms (compartmentalization, mandatory access control, policy engines) for macOS and iOS internals to ensure platform resilience.

Role type

Senior IC OS Security Software Engineer

Builds

Foundational security technologies including isolation mechanisms, access control systems, and secure APIs for iOS and macOS

Domain

Operating Systems Security (macOS, iOS)

Required skills

C programming, low-level systems programming, OS internals (macOS/iOS/BSD/Linux), security exploit analysis, policy engine development, API design

Preferred skills

Kernel programming, hypervisor programming, open source contributions (FreeBSD/Linux), security policy language design

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