Security Manager, SEAR

Apple • Cupertino, CA

6d

About The Position

Apple's Security Engineering & Architecture team (SEAR) is seeking a manager to lead several teams developing capabilities and tooling for offensive and defensive security projects. The role applies a product-oriented mindset to complex systems, shapes the end-to-end security evaluation pipeline, and drives its evolution toward an AI-native approach. The organization includes software, security, and AI engineers who bring advanced AI capabilities into each stage of the work.

The manager partners closely with Apple's security researchers, the teams' primary customers and collaborators, to understand workflows, anticipate needs, and turn feedback into reliable products that increase researchers' impact. The role sets technical direction, grows and mentors teams, and ensures their products are adopted across Apple. The tools support security assessments across platform security, hardware/software boundaries, wireless technologies, and other areas, with influence across products including iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience managing software development and/or tooling teams.
• Extraordinary leadership and organizational skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of iOS and macOS security architecture.
• Familiarity with applied machine learning and LLM-based agent systems and their evaluation.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, including CI/CD, containerization/Kubernetes, and observability, for scaling internal tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead several teams developing capabilities and tooling for offensive and defensive security projects.
• Shape the end-to-end security evaluation pipeline and drive its evolution toward an AI-native approach.
• Partner with Apple's security researchers to understand workflows, anticipate needs, and turn feedback and ideas into reliable products.
• Set technical direction, grow and mentor teams, and ensure their work is adopted and used across Apple.
• Create innovative offensive and defensive security tools.
• Build and scale fuzzing infrastructure and techniques.
• Develop AI-driven vulnerability discovery and analysis systems.
• Operate research tooling as production services.
• Consult with researchers and other teams on hardware and software so proofs of concept, design and specification reviews, and assessments benefit from effective tooling.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed