Senior Software Engineer, Communications Networking & Security
San Diego, California, United States
Software and Services
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We're looking for a hard-working software engineer to join us in building the best, most secure communications and networking protocols powering a wide array of Apple products
The Applied Networking team provides the core infrastructure for device-to-device communications, including both messaging and realtime communications. The team's frameworks unlock sharing, collaboration, messaging, and secure connectivity, providing API surfaces enable Apple products such as iMessage, FaceTime, HomeKit, SharePlay, Apple Watch, AirDrop, and more.
In this position, you’ll play a crucial role in safeguarding these networking and communications features. You will design, implement, maintain, and strengthen robust security features that protect our users. You’ll work mostly in Swift and Objective-C on protocols, frameworks, and daemons. You will perform code reviews with a focus on identifying and mitigating security vulnerabilities, and investigate and respond to security incidents and vulnerabilities.
Our goal is to develop technologies and craft experiences that revolutionize the way people communicate with each other and interact with their devices. If this opportunity sounds exciting to you, please apply!
Description
As a senior developer in this position, you will have a unique ability to build innovative networking and communications protocols that are secure by design. This involves both owning some security-specific components that are shared across teams, as well as providing security guidance to other teams. You will collaborate across teams at Apple to drive security improvements on our platforms
In concrete terms, you will work on design and implementation of communication encryption protocols and building features on Apple platforms that improve the security of existing and future products. You will also be responsible for static analysis of source code and fuzzing, testing strategies and improving testability, and down-to-earth security bug fixing.
At Apple, user privacy and security are paramount. You will play a significant role in advancing these features for hundreds of millions of users across the many products and services we make.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Strong software development and architecture design skills with a focus on secure system design and communication protocols
- Strong object-oriented programming skills in at least one language like Swift, Objective-C, or C++
- Strong communication, collaboration, and social skills
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in finding and correcting bugs with security implications
- Familiarity with peer-to-peer or client-server architecture and network protocols
- Experience programming with libraries through APIs without having access to the implementation details
- Experience in multi-process and multi-threaded programming
- Experience with secure communication protocols, especially in handling untrusted data
- Experience building applications using end-to-end encryption and/or media and realtime communication encryption
Education & Experience
Additional Requirements
Pay & Benefits
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