Senior SDET - Apple, Inc.

Apple • New York, NY

5d

About The Position

The Senior SDET on Apple’s Sports App Services QA team sets the technical direction for the team’s server-side automation platform. The role spans GraphQL and REST APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and shared libraries used by team contributors. It is an architectural role focused on framework design, flake detection, and shift-left quality practices.

Day-to-day work includes architecting and extending test frameworks and shared libraries, monitoring CI/CD pipelines, and triaging regressions to maintain a healthy, reliable automation platform. The Senior SDET qualifies server release candidates, reports quality status to stakeholders, and builds diagnostics tooling to accelerate root-cause analysis. The role works closely with developers, project managers, QA partners, and cross-functional teams to embed quality throughout the development process.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of SDET or test automation engineering experience, including production-scale framework and shared-library work.
• Advanced proficiency in Python or Java and ability to apply software design patterns to test infrastructure.
• Deep expertise in GraphQL and REST API testing, including schema validation, contract testing, and behavior verification across service boundaries.
• Experience architecting CI/CD-integrated test automation platforms, including pipeline authoring, result reporting, and flakiness management.
• Ability to develop risk-based test strategies and create test plans with measurable coverage targets and explicit risk sign-off.
• Hands-on experience building or extending triage and diagnostics tools, such as log parsers, failure classifiers, or observability integrations.
• Strong debugging skills for distributed server systems and experience isolating failures across service, data, and infrastructure layers.
• Experience collaborating across engineering, product, and program management in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with backend and data systems such as caches, databases, and data pipelines.
• Familiarity with log-based verification and observability tools.
• Hands-on experience with pytest-style frameworks, test scheduling platforms, and defect tracking systems.
• Strong background in testing mobile applications.
• Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for the server-side test automation platform.
• Architect and extend test frameworks and shared libraries.
• Monitor CI/CD pipelines and triage regressions to maintain platform health and reliability.
• Qualify server release candidates and report quality status to stakeholders.
• Build triage and diagnostics tooling to accelerate root-cause analysis.
• Develop risk-based test strategies and translate them into test plans with measurable coverage targets and explicit risk sign-off.
• Collaborate with developers, project managers, QA partners, and cross-functional teams to embed quality throughout development.

What This Job Offers

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