Software QA engineer, Creativity Apps

Apple • Austin, TX

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About The Position

Imagine what you could do here. The people here at Apple don't just build products — we craft the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that supports the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. The iWork Numbers QA team is looking for a software QA engineer to work on the next generation of Desktop, Mobile and Web application/services. This position requires an ambitious individual with strong problem solving skills who can give in a diverse team environment. You will be responsible for testing, isolating issues, writing bug reports, and verifying resolutions for our creativity apps on all platforms. You will ensure the successful delivery of a quality product by performing ad-hoc and structured tests every single day. This role requires balancing a wide variety of deliverables that will rely on your talent for managing priorities and communicating progress and risks effectively and systematically. Your ongoing curiosity and dedication to self-education in new technologies as well as new testing techniques is what will set you apart. You will be working closely with other team members to help coordinate multi-functional test efforts.

Requirements

• Strong hands on experience with QA methodologies, or prior QA experience
• Confirmed bug detection and bug isolation skills
• Outstanding communication skills, for collaborating across many participating teams.
• Analytical, disciplined and creative problem solver committed to driving quality forward
• Ability to adapt in a high-paced and informal environment
• Act as a strong advocate for quality in the product development process for software engineering
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with spreadsheet apps, such as Numbers/Excel/Google Spreadsheets, is a plus
• Background in finance, accounting, or data analysis is a plus
• 1+ years experience automating in Swift and/or Python
• 2+ years experience with automation in general

Responsibilities

• testing
• isolating issues
• writing bug reports
• verifying resolutions for our creativity apps on all platforms
• ensure the successful delivery of a quality product by performing ad-hoc and structured tests every single day
• balancing a wide variety of deliverables that will rely on your talent for managing priorities and communicating progress and risks effectively and systematically
• working closely with other team members to help coordinate multi-functional test efforts

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees