At Apple, we care about people, and privacy is about people. Advertising is a very popular way to fund websites and traditionally, online advertising has involved technology that's bad for privacy, such as user tracking. Making both things work well - privacy and advertising - is the mission of Web Kit Privacy & Adtech.
Web Kit is the web engine in Safari, the world's fastest and most power efficient web browser. Web Kit is Open Source and one of the most popular frameworks for apps in iOS, watchOS, and macOS. Web Kit also powers several of Apple's own apps such as Mail, Books, and News. Our responsibilities stretch across all of those use cases.

Description:

The Web Kit Privacy & Adtech team builds and maintains Intelligent Tracking Prevention, Advanced Tracking Protection, anti fingerprinting, and privacy-preserving ad attribution for Safari and apps. We do our work in the web engine which means systems programming. We are active in web standards, working with other browser vendors as well as website owners on how to progress the web platform with both privacy and advertising in mind.

We're looking for an engineer who can help us investigate online tracking and fingerprinting, scale up crawling to detect tracking and fingerprinting in an automated fashion, and design and implement privacy-preserving alternatives to tracking for use in online advertising. This is a role that requires creative thinking to tackle unsolved problems, tenacity in figuring out what trackers are doing, and a firm belief that we can have a great web and Internet with privacy.","responsibilities":"Develop and maintain anti tracking and privacy-preserving features in Web Kit which comprises millions of lines of C++, Objective-C, and Swift

Develop and maintain in-house crawling and analysis of tracking to keep our defensive features up to date

Follow along how the web platform and online advertising develops so that we can stay ahead of challenges coming down the road

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working on web standards in organizations like W3C and IETF

Experience using privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) such as differential privacy, multi-party computation, and homomorphic encryption to deliver utility while protecting users

C++ and Swift programming

Experience using large language models for software engineering

Minimum Qualifications:

Systems programming skills using C++ or similar manual memory managed and pointer-based language

Knowledge in how cross-site tracking and fingerprinting works

Experience in ad attribution, ad targeting, and other forms of advertising measurement

A passion for advocating for users and advancing online privacy

BS in Computer Science or equivalent.

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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 $147,400 and $272,100, 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.

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