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Senior Software Engineer, Identity Security (Golang)

Apple
Posted a month ago, valid for a month
Location

Seattle, WA, US

Salary

Competitive

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Workload Identity team at Apple Services Engineering Security is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to enhance security practices for application identities.
  • The role requires a minimum of 7 years of software development or production operations experience in a large-scale environment, with at least 5 years of experience writing production code in Golang.
  • Candidates should have proven experience in building and operating highly available, distributed systems, as well as a strong understanding of operating systems concepts.
  • The position involves defining and advocating for standardized security requirements while influencing engineering teams to adopt secure practices in their development processes.
  • Salary details are not specified in the job description, but the role demands a blend of technical expertise and substantial experience in security and large-scale operations.
We are the Workload Identity team in the Apple Services Engineering Security org. Our team’s primary responsibility is to manage and establish identities for software applications, services, and containers to securely access cloud resources, ensuring proper authentication and authorization for these workloads without requiring manual credential management. We are expanding our team and looking to add a Senior Software Engineer who will play a critical role in ensuring our customers adhere to the latest and most effective security practices for addressing identity. We are looking for a passionate and talented technical lead software engineer who will focus on creating fundamental security services, addressing identity challenges on a large scale within the ASE organization. Success in this role requires individuals to possess a blend of profound technical expertise, extensive knowledge in security, and substantial experience in large-scale operations.

Description


Your duties in this role will include defining, advocating, and driving the adoption of a standardized set of minimum security requirements while monitoring progress. You will have direct influence on the future of our security protocols, guiding engineering teams as they incorporate secure practices and tools into their development processes.

Minimum Qualifications


7+ years of software development or production operations experience in a large-scale environment 5 + years of experience writing production code in Golang, as you’ll be working extensively with Go-based applications Proven experience building and operating large scale, highly available, distributed, and fault tolerant systems Excellent understanding of operating systems concepts including multi-threading, memory management, networking and storage, performance and scale Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerization (CNCF Kubernetes Developer or equivalent) Knowledge of securing APIs, including input validation, authentication, and authorization mechanisms for RESTful and gRPC APIs BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications


Knowledge of policy-based authorization mechanisms and engines, including Open Policy Agent/Rego or Zanzibar, policy lifecycle management principles and patterns Knowledge of authentication mechanisms, including OAuth, JWT, other identity management protocols Familiarity with incident response processes and the ability to respond to security incidents effectively Knowledge of cryptographic algorithms and protocols for securing data, including TLS/SSL, digital signatures, hashing, and encryption Hands-on experience with Systems, including the ability to configure and troubleshoot system initialization processes



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