Quality & Test Automation Engineer – Xcode

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cupertino, CA
Salary: $141,800–$258,600 / yr
Posted: 22 days ago

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About Apple Inc

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

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TL;DR · Quality & Test Automation Engineer – Xcode

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As a Quality & Test Automation Engineer on the Xcode team, you will work closely with software engineers to enhance development tools for Apple’s platforms. Your role involves identifying test scopes, developing quality plans, and executing tests across rapid development cycles while ensuring seamless integration of features into a cohesive development environment. You’ll build shared APIs for testing, develop automation platforms, and engage with compiler, runtime, and OS teams to resolve issues that impact developer experience in profiling, debugging, and memory analysis workflows. This position requires strong object-oriented programming skills in Swift and Objective-C, along with experience in Python or other scripting languages, and a deep understanding of how complex systems fail across different boundaries.

Skills

Swift Objective-C Python API testing UI testing non-UI testing CI/CD profiling memory diagnostics runtime analysis TDD BDD

What you'll do

Identify test scopes and develop quality plans for complex features.
Execute detailed tests and communicate overall quality to stakeholders.
Develop automation platforms and build shared APIs for testing.
Reason about failure modes spanning OS, compiler, and runtime boundaries.
Champion problem resolution to improve developer experience in workflows.

What we're looking for

Strong object-oriented programming skills in Swift and Objective-C.
Experience writing automation tests at API, UI, and non-UI levels.
Excellent troubleshooting skills with a passion for quality assurance.
Collaborative mindset and ability to lead projects proactively.
Reasoning about failure modes across OS, compiler, runtime boundaries.
Designing test strategies for complex systems and dependencies.

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