Engineering Manager, Quality Engineering

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Cupertino, CA
Salary
$237,600–$356,400 / yr
Posted
31 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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This role $297k
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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

Apple Inc currently has 1984 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Engineering Manager, Quality Engineering

The Engineering Manager, Quality Engineering — MapKit joins the MapKit Quality Engineering team to oversee the scaling of automation testing across various platforms including iOS, MacOS, WatchOS, Android, and JS. This role involves managing a team of quality engineers to ensure the reliability of public APIs and SDKs for developers. You will define test strategies, develop automation frameworks, manage CI/CD pipelines, and lead bug triage and release decisions. The position requires expertise in XCTest, Espresso, UI Automator, Appium, Gradle, and Git, along with experience in Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and TypeScript. You will solve complex technical challenges by ensuring high-quality developer experiences for mapping features across mobile and web platforms while mentoring engineers through the full feature lifecycle from initial design review to final release.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in California?

Median $290250 from 64 postings across 19 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Manage a team of Quality Engineers across multiple timezones supporting MapKit SDKs and APIs.
  • Define and drive test strategies, including coverage, automation frameworks, CI/CD, and release quality gates.
  • Guide the design and development of automation tools to validate SDKs across iOS, Android, and Web platforms.
  • Partner with Engineering and Product teams to review designs early and ensure testability is built into features.
  • Lead bug triage, root-cause analysis, and go/no-go decisions for MapKit deliverables.
  • Oversee the aggregation and analysis of test results to identify quality risks and trends.
  • Recruit, mentor, and develop the technical and leadership skills of direct reports.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of quality/test engineering experience, including at least two years in a lead or management role.
  • Proven track record of driving test strategy and delivering comprehensive coverage for mission-critical SDKs, APIs, and applications.
  • Hands-on experience with SDK/API testing and automation frameworks such as XCTest, Espresso, UI Automator, Appium, or JavaScript web frameworks.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, build systems like Gradle, Git, and RESTful API/backend integration testing.
  • Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills to guide teams through complex technical challenges and explain problems clearly.
  • Experience testing or designing SDKs/APIs for external use, including Android and/or iOS (preferred).
  • Practical experience with mobile and web technologies like Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or TypeScript (preferred).
  • Familiarity with SwiftUI, UIKit, React, Node.js, Agile methodologies, or mapping frameworks (preferred).

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