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Software QA Engineer - Swift macOS

Sunnyvale, California, United StatesSoftware and Services

San Diego, California, United StatesSunnyvale, California, United StatesWork Locations (2)

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Posted: Apr 28, 2026

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number:200658072-3956

At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming excellent products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish!
Claris, an Apple company, is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their best work. Just be ready to dream big. The workplace today is flooded by applications, but organizations struggle to integrate and automate processes that run across them. At Claris, we are building a better way for the world's 500 million knowledge workers to do their jobs better. We accomplish this by empowering them to automate their processes and integrate data across all their applications in a matter of days thanks to an easy-to-use visual platform.
If you're passionate about testing intelligent software that runs where customer data lives, love APIs, and want to be part of a team that's shaping the future of how people work, this is your team. You'll help ensure that the tools our customers depend on are reliable, secure, and ready for the real world.

Description

We are looking for a QA engineer who uses Swift to test software that helps organizations make sense of their data. This is an opportunity to join a team building solutions where quality is the product. You'll work across macOS system services, multi-process architectures, and performance-sensitive components to make sure what we ship works the way customers expect. To be successful, you will bring creative energy to collaboration, communication, and producing high-quality deliverables.
You'll work on problems that matter. The software you test protects customer data, keeps critical systems running, and delivers tools that organizations from schools to hospitals trust every day. We're looking for someone who solves problems, takes initiative, and cares about the people who use what we build.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites in Swift using XCTest and Swift Testing frameworks.
  • Test macOS server software across process lifecycle events including installation, upgrade, crash recovery, and uninstall.
  • Validate REST API endpoints, SSE streams, and WebSocket connections through functional and integration testing.
  • Profile application performance using Xcode Instruments and identify regressions in latency, memory, and resource usage.
  • Investigate and triage concurrency issues using Thread Sanitizer and strict concurrency checking.
  • Collaborate with developers to define testability requirements early in the development cycle.
  • Build and maintain CI pipelines using xcodebuild for automated test execution across configurations.
  • Execute long-running stability and soak tests to validate system reliability under sustained load.
  • Test code signing, notarization, and installer packaging workflows for macOS distribution.
  • Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release readiness reviews.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience quality engineering experience in modern web technologies and using XCTest and Swift Testing framework
  • Computer Science-Software Engineering Degree or equivalent software engineering experience
  • Demonstrated experience testing software using Behavior Driven Development (BDD) or Test-Driven Development (TDD) methodology to define and execute scenario-based test coverage

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Strong problem-solving and analytics skills, with the ability to investigate, debug and triage issues in complex multi-process macOS applications independently and cooperatively.
  • Practical experience with Swift programming language and testing tools/frameworks (e.g. XCTest, Swift Testing with @Test/@Suite/#expect, Xcode Instruments). Familiar with xcodebuild CLI and CI integration.
  • Experience with testing macOS server software, including process lifecycle management (launchd, SMJobBless), code signing, notarization, and installation/upgrade workflows.
  • Experience testing actor-based Swift concurrency, including data race detection with Thread Sanitizer (TSan) and strict concurrency checking. Familiarity with long-running stability and soak testing.
  • Strong understanding of RESTful API, OpenAPI specification, SSE (Server-Sent Events), and service testing. Experience testing solutions utilizing WebSockets and JWT/OAuth validation is desired.
  • Familiarity with performance testing on macOS, including Xcode Instruments profiling (Time Profiler, Allocations, Leaks) and resource constraint testing.
  • Experience testing AI-integrated features or machine learning pipelines, including validating model outputs, latency, and deterministic behavior. Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) or similar tool-use frameworks is a plus.
  • Experience in Agile software development methodologies/Scrum and rapid releases.

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $147,400 and $220,900, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.

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