Anti Abuse Lead, Mail Operations (Trust & Safety)

In this role, you will have an active role in defining operational strategy and execution for mail integrity, working closely with Product, Engineering, Policy, Legal, Support and Vendor teams. You will operate in a fast-moving, adversarial environment, balancing automation and human review to reduce harm while preserving a high-quality user experience.

Own end-to-end mitigation operations for spam, phishing, malware, and other abuse across inbound and outbound traffic on messaging products across Apple iCloud.
Hands on experience with account farming understanding patterns and blocking them.
Provide leadership and coaching to a 24/7 team of offshore contractors performing the critical work.
Develop and execute strategies to proactively reduce abusive/unwanted content at scale while minimizing false positives and unintended user impact.
Maximize observability and monitoring to detect emerging abuse trends and adversarial behaviors early, and drive rapid response, mitigation, and long-term prevention strategies.
Partner with Engineering and Product to operationalize ML models, classifiers, and rules for spam detection and enforcement.
Partner with SRE / operations teams in mail, DNS, security, spam filter product development and related technology internal and vendor teams.
Own end-to-end spam and abuse operations, designing scalable workflows, escalation frameworks, SLAs, and quality standards while driving incident response and systemic remediation.
Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Anti-Abuse, and Trust & Safety teams to embed enforcement and operational rigor into product and policy decisions.
Build and lead a high-performing global operations organization, fostering accountability, capability development, and continuous improvement.
Define and track KPIs across spam, fraud, and account abuse, leveraging data and experimentation to optimize mitigation strategies and clearly communicate risks and trade-offs to senior leadership.

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
12 years of experience in mail operations, abuse prevention, mail or messaging operations, content moderation, or related fields.
8 years of experience being an operational, hands on lead across spam filtering teams across multiple time zones.
Experience operating large-scale, global workflows in ambiguous and fast-changing environments.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a track record of data-driven decision-making.

Experience working on email platforms, messaging systems, or large-scale anti-spam/anti-abuse programs.
Familiarity with ML-based classification systems, rules engines, and adversarial abuse patterns.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including influencing senior stakeholders.
Active participation in industry trust groups is a plus.

As one of a team of Mail Operations functional leads on the Trust & Safety team, you will help protect users by reducing spam, phishing, and other abusive behaviors across our email ecosystem at global scale.

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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Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote 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

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Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote 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

At Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You’ll find that idea reflected in everything here — in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong.

Learn about accessibility in Apple’s workplace

Learn about reasonable accommodations for job applicants

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.