Software Development Engineer - Security, Enterprise Technology Services

Summary

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other’s ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It’s the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives.

Emerging Technologies team specializes in building forward-looking, extremely scalable platforms. The team has a passion for solving hard problems, exploring new domains, and engineering custom solutions optimal for Apple. You will join a hands-on development team that fosters creativity and generates novel solutions to deliver engineering perfection.

In this role, you will develop Apple's next generation perimeter security and load balancing solutions. You will help address immensely technical challenges including security, availability and fault tolerance in proxies fronting Apple's largest, highly scaled and distributed services. Your contributions to network and application security will enable Apple to respond to emerging threats.

About the role

Emerging Technologies team is seeking talented, highly motivated and disciplined engineers to work across Layer 4 - Layer 7 load balancing and security technologies.

Responsibilities

• Implement all phases of the development cycle for a software product from understanding requirements, to going through the design, development and deployment phases
• Work with cross functional teams to deliver the features into product under tight timelines
• Collaborate with your teammates through design discussions, code and design reviews, advocate for software development best practices, and mentor junior teammates
• Versatile and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack

Minimum Qualifications

Expertise in C & C++

Extensive knowledge of TCP/IP, SSL, HTTP Protocols and Web/Network Security:

• Good understanding of HTTP/HTTPS proxies
• Knowledge of IP Networking, BGP & NAT
• At least 7 years of relevant software development experience
• Bachelor's / Master’s in Computer science or related engineering field

Preferred Qualifications

• Programming experience in LUA, Python, Go and Rust
• Knowledge of WAF
• Experience with public cloud platforms: GCP, AWS

Working experience with load balancer products like IPVS, NGINX and Envoy