Software Development Engineer in Test, Creative Apps

Apple • Cupertino, CA

3h

About The Position

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 Apple's iOS and macOS platforms — where the frameworks you build determine whether releases ship with confidence or not. The team operates end-to-end across the SDLC, and the bar for what 'good' looks like here resets what you thought quality engineering could be.

Requirements

• 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 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
• Direct experience building UI automation with XCUITest or XUI frameworks against real Apple platform targets
• Demonstrated ability to integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines and maintain them as living infrastructure

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Architect and own test automation frameworks that run inside live CI/CD pipelines, catching regressions before they ever reach a human reviewer.
• Work shoulder-to-shoulder with software engineers and product managers who expect quality to be a design input, not an afterthought.
• Write tools that compress release cycles.
• Find gaps that shape roadmap decisions.
• Set standards that will outlast any single product cycle.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior