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Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Creative Apps

Apple· Software and Services
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Hybrid (San Diego, CA)$142.3k - $263.3kFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Role focused on architecting and owning test automation frameworks for iOS/macOS platforms, integrating with live CI/CD pipelines, and driving quality across features through automation, strategy, and occasional manual validation.

Responsibilities

  • Build production-grade automated test suites in Python and Swift that validate iOS and macOS features at scale across unit, integration, and regression layers
  • Own the UI automation infrastructure end-to-end — from XCUITest/XUI framework design to seamless CI/CD pipeline integration
  • Drive test strategy for entire feature areas — defining coverage models, risk tiers, and quality gates that directly gate release decisions
  • Identify and close coverage gaps through root cause analysis, translating triage findings into systemic automation improvements
  • Accelerate team-wide quality practices by evaluating and integrating emerging tooling, including GenAI-assisted test generation and prompt engineering workflows
  • Perform manual functional testing as needed to validate new features, regressions, and complex user workflows that are not yet automated or require exploratory validation.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in SDET, QA automation, or software engineering with a testing focus
  • 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
  • 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
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent depth demonstrated through industry work

Skills

Required:PythonSwiftXCUITest/XUICI/CD integration
Nice to have:GenAI / LLM tooling in testing

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • a range of discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments where applicable
  • relocation assistance
  • Apple stock purchase plan eligibility
Last updated Sep 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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