Sr. Software Engineer, AI & Data Platforms (AiDP)

AI & Data Platforms (AiDP) is IS&T's engine for AI-powered innovation. The team brings together data, application development, and machine learning — including generative AI — along with data services and customer success functions, to help IS&T build solutions more efficiently and streamline the adoption and embedding of generative AI across Apple.

Description

We’re looking for a hands-on Software Engineer to build and scale platform services that protect data privacy across a diverse database ecosystem, spanning on-premise and multi-cloud environments. You’ll design and ship the solutions that enforce privacy and security at scale. You’ll work closely with a collaborative team, and you’ll also own your work end to end.

Your work will give teams a consistent way to discover, classify, and protect sensitive data wherever it lives, so privacy is built into the platform rather than added afterward. You’ll solve problems that cut across databases, cloud providers, and security requirements, and your solutions will directly shape how data is handled across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain software that enforces privacy controls, such as data discovery, classification, and access governance, across cloud and on-premise infrastructure
• Research and evaluate emerging privacy-enhancing technologies and data protection solutions (e.g., encryption, tokenization, masking, anonymization) for hybrid multi-cloud environments
• Work independently, with limited supervision, on critical, time-sensitive, and highly visible privacy initiatives
• Partner with cross-functional teams (security, legal, compliance, and data platform owners) through regular meetings to ensure privacy and security standards are consistently implemented across all data store technologies
• Treat privacy defects and incidents as opportunities to improve, and build the processes and tooling (e.g., automated detection, root-cause analysis, preventive controls) that reduce the chance of recurrence

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience
• Experience building highly available software services or platform infrastructure
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining API-driven microservices
• Proficient in Python optionally Java/Kotlin/C/C++
• Hands-on development experience with cloud platforms - AWS, AliCloud (or similar)
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, CyberSecurity or related work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience applying GenAI and machine learning to privacy use cases, such as sensitive data discovery and classification, PII detection, and anomaly detection or user behavior analytics (UBA) to spot unusual access to personal data
• Solid understanding of service-level objectives (SLOs) for privacy and data protection, such as data subject request turnaround, retention and deletion compliance, and classification coverage
• Ability to measure, report, and enforce them through automation and visualizations
• Self-starter with excellent interpersonal skills, able to work with cross-functional teams (engineering, security, legal, and compliance) and communicate privacy requirements clearly to stakeholders at all levels of management
• Hands-on experience with diverse SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB) and an understanding of how to apply privacy controls such as encryption, masking, access control, and auditing across different data models and platforms
• Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $150,400 and $277,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.

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