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Software Development Engineer in Test, Creative Apps
App*** · Cupertino, CA, United States
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Cupertino, CA, United States150,400-277,600 USD/yearlyOnsite
Remuneration
150,400-277,600 USD/yearly
Location
Cupertino, CA, United States
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Job summary
What if your automation code was the last line of defense before a feature reached a billion devices? This role sits at the convergence of engineering rigor and product quality across App***'s iOS and macOS platforms - where the frameworks you build determine whether releases ship with confidence or not.
Benefits
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determinThis provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role.The base pay range for this role is between $150,400 and $277,600, and your baseIncluding: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirementAdditionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commissioLearn more about AppleNote: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eli
Qualifications
- Shipped quality automation across both iOS and macOS across multiple full release cycles - not just one platform or one cycle
- Applied LLMs or GenAI tooling to test generation, failure analysis, or coverage gap identification in a real engineering workflow
- Built prompt engineering techniques into QA or developer tooling that measurably improved output quality or throughput
- Drove infrastructure improvements - framework refactors, pipeline optimizations, coverage initiatives - with documented impact on defect escape rates or release velocity
- Extended automation scope beyond functional testing into performance, accessibility, or localization validation
- Familiarity with photo and video editing applications or media-processing workflows, including experience testing or validating complex media-related features.
- Minimum
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in SDET, QA automation, or software engineering with a testing focus
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or we may consider an equivalent depth demonstrated through industry work
- Advanced proficiency in Python and Swift, specifically for building automated test frameworks and test tooling - not just scripting
- Practical command of the full SDLC with clear experience embedding quality gates at multiple phases, from design review through release
- Proven track record designing and executing multi-layered test strategies spanning functional, integration, regression, and exploratory methodologies
Responsibilities
- You'll architect and own test automation frameworks that run inside live CI/CD pipelines, catching regressions before they ever reach a human reviewer.
- Every sprint, you'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with software engineers and product managers who expect quality to be a design input, not an afterthought.
- Build production-grade automated test suites in Python and Swift that validate iOS and macOS features at scale across unit, integration, and regression layers
- Own the UI automation infrastructure end-to-end - from XCUITest/XUI framework design to seamless CI/CD pipeline integration
- Drive test strategy for entire feature areas - defining coverage models, risk tiers, and quality gates that directly gate release decisions
- Identify and close coverage gaps through root cause analysis, translating triage findings into systemic automation improvements
- Accelerate team-wide quality practices by evaluating and integrating emerging tooling, including GenAI-assisted test generation and prompt engineering workflows
- Perform manual functional testing as needed to validate new features, regressions, and complex user workflows that are not yet automated or require exploratory validation.
- Preferred
Degrees
AssociateBachelorDegree
Industry
AutomotiveDefenseEducationMedia
Relocation
Yes