March 5, 2025

iOS Software Engineer — Interpersonal Safety

Mid • On-site

$143,100 - $264,200/yr

Cupertino, CA

Summary

Posted:
Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number:200593691
Imagine the possibilities at Apple! New insights quickly transform into outstanding products, services, and customer experiences here! Our Interpersonal Safety team within Trust & Safety works across Apple to identify and address threat vectors for technology misuse and abuse, and to build products that empower users to discover and address interpersonal safety-related concerns, like stalking and harassment. We use creative thinking, collaboration, and empathy to deliver the solutions to challenging problems. Our work is highly cross-functional in nature, with the safety and wellbeing of our users at its core. We collaborate with external victim advocacy groups and teams across Apple, working to understand key stakeholder perspectives, priorities, and concerns, and develop insights that directly inform the threat prevention and mitigation strategies and safety solutions we drive. As an Interpersonal Safety Software Engineer, you will be investigating, developing, and socializing insights on threats related to the abuse and misuse of Apple’s products and services, and turning those insights into technical recommendations and software deliverables that have a measurable impact on overall user safety. You will be supporting cutting-edge initiatives aimed at ensuring safety-by-design principles, raising awareness of safety best-practices, and improving the usability of safety features.

Description

Our team is generally responsible for ensuring that Apple products provide safe and trustworthy tools for managing one’s interactions with others. You will be responsible for maintaining and improving existing iOS features in Objective-C and Swift, including the Safety Check feature, and for implementing new and innovative solutions to help make the Apple ecosystem safer for all participants. You will also be working hand-in-hand in a technology advisory role with other engineers across User Privacy, iCloud product teams, Design, OS, Platform Security teams, and our partners at other companies who rely on our technologies. We foster a collaborative work environment, and encourage solution autonomy on projects.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Strong programming skills in Objective-C, Swift, or C++.
  • Familiarity with topics relevant to Interpersonal Safety, for example: child safety or trauma-informed design.
  • Proven ability to translate technical information into a compelling narrative to other technical experts, designers, and non-technical stakeholders alike.
  • Bachelors degree in either Computer Science or Computer Engineering, and at least 3 years of relevant proven experience.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Prior experience in a Safety Engineering role.
  • Experience with asynchronous programming, manual memory management, and designing APIs for other teams.
  • Proficient at quickly reading and understanding unfamiliar code and APIs written by others.
  • Capable of working autonomously to make timely and sound decisions about task priority, and committing to negotiated deliverables and deadlines.

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 $143,100 and $264,200, 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. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

    Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

  • Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.