Engineering Manager, Quality Engineering — MapKit

Apple • Cupertino, CA

6h

About The Position

Embark on a new route in your career! Offering a host of innovative features and rich data, Apple Maps powers experiences across Apple's product line. Join the MapKit Quality Engineering team to help deliver the revolutionary Apple Maps experience — reliably and at scale — to apps and websites reaching millions of users every day. This role oversees the scaling of automation testing across MapKit SDK on iOS, MacOS, WatchOS, Android and JS platforms, including a growing focus on Android automation, SDK/API validation, and CI reliability.

If you enjoy building quality into developer-facing products and leading testing strategy across a fast-moving, cross-functional organization, this role is for you. The MapKit QE team is responsible for the quality of our public APIs and SDKs — including MapKit SDK for Apple native platforms, Android, and MapKit JS — as well as the automation frameworks and tools powering our developer ecosystem. You will lead a team of quality engineers who partner closely with development, product, and design throughout the full feature lifecycle: from early design review and test planning, through automation framework development, execution, triage, and release sign-off — all the way to features shipping at Apple's Developer Conference. The ideal candidate combines technical depth in test engineering, SDK/API automation, and people management, with a passion for shipping high-quality developer experiences. In addition to leading a QE team, you should be comfortable driving test strategy for complex, multi-platform SDKs, championing automation and continuous testing best practices, and coaching engineers to grow in their careers.

Requirements

• 6+ years of quality/test engineering experience, at least two of which in a lead or management role
• Proven track record of driving test strategy and delivering comprehensive test coverage for mission-critical SDKs, APIs, and applications
• Hands-on experience with SDK/API testing and automation frameworks (e.g., XCTest, Espresso, UI Automator, Appium, or JavaScript/web test frameworks)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, build systems (e.g., Gradle), Git, and RESTful API/backend integration testing
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, with the ability to independently diagnose and triage complex issues
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to guide teams through ambiguous and complex technical challenges
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to explain complex problems clearly and succinctly
• Passion to collaborate and iterate on ideas in a cross-functional team

Nice To Haves

• Experience testing or designing SDKs/APIs used by external teams or third-party developers, including Android and/or iOS SDKs
• Practical experience with mobile and web technologies (Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin/Java, HTML/CSS/JavaScript/TypeScript)
• Familiarity with SwiftUI, UIKit, React, and/or Node.js
• Experience managing host/lab environments for automated testing and end-to-end automation development
• Experience with Agile/Scrum development methodologies and rapid release cadences
• Experience coaching direct reports to help them advance in their careers
• Familiarity with mapping frameworks is a plus

Responsibilities

• Oversees the scaling of automation testing across MapKit SDK on iOS, MacOS, WatchOS, Android and JS platforms.
• Focuses on Android automation, SDK/API validation, and CI reliability.
• Leads a team of quality engineers who partner closely with development, product, and design throughout the full feature lifecycle.
• Drives test strategy for complex, multi-platform SDKs.
• Champions automation and continuous testing best practices.
• Coaches engineers to grow in their careers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed