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Quality & Test Automation Engineer – Developer Experience

Apple· Software and Services
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Cupertino, CA$150.4k - $277.6kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

The Xcode team seeks a creative and self-motivated Quality & Test Automation Engineer to extend automated testing coverage for Xcode and Instruments, build shared testing APIs, and develop strategies that maximize coverage with minimal manual intervention across OS, compiler, and runtime boundaries.

Responsibilities

  • Create and maintain tests and testing tools
  • Communicate with development teams about feature quality
  • Engage with compiler, runtime, and OS teams on cross-boundary issues
  • Pair with a Xcode feature team to extend automated testing coverage
  • Build shared APIs for testing
  • Develop testing strategies to maximize coverage with minimal manual intervention
  • Reason about failure modes spanning OS, compiler, and runtime boundaries
  • Identify, reproduce, and document defects; perform root-cause analysis
  • Mentor engineers or lead cross-team quality initiatives (implied by senior responsibilities)
  • Ship test automation frameworks at scale (implied by experience/track record)

Qualifications

  • BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • Strong object-oriented programming experience in Swift and/or Python or other scripting experience
  • Demonstrated experience writing and executing detailed test plans for complex software systems
  • Proven ability to identify, reproduce, and clearly document software defects; strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills
  • Experience with UI framework testing, debugging, bug hunting, and regression identification
  • Experience with macOS/iOS platform frameworks such as AppKit, UIKit, SwiftUI, XCTest, or LLDB
  • Demonstrated use of LLMs or AI tooling to improve quality, failure triage, or automation workflows
  • Track record of shipping test automation frameworks at scale; experience mentoring engineers or leading cross-team quality initiatives

Skills

Required:SwiftPythonTest planningDefect reproduction and root-cause analysisUI framework testing

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Range of discounted products and free services
  • Educational expense reimbursement (tuition)
  • Potential discretionary bonuses or commissions
  • Relocation assistance
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan participation and stock program eligibility
Last updated Aug 28, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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