Apple

Software Development Engineer in Test, Creative Apps

Apple$120K — $160K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years in SDET, QA automation, or software engineering with a testing focus
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • Advanced proficiency in Python and Swift for building automated test frameworks
  • Practical command of the full SDLC with experience embedding quality gates
  • Proven track record in designing multi-layered test strategies
  • Direct experience with UI automation using XCUITest or XUI frameworks
  • Ability to integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines

Responsibilities

  • Architect and own test automation frameworks for CI/CD pipelines
  • Collaborate with software engineers and product managers to prioritize quality
  • Develop tools that compress release cycles and shape product roadmaps
  • Set quality standards that endure beyond product cycles
  • Ensure regression issues are caught before reaching human reviewers
  • Enhance the testing process with comprehensive multi-layered strategies
  • Maintain automated test infrastructure as a living entity

Benefits

  • Work at the intersection of engineering rigor and product quality
  • Be part of a team that resets industry standards for quality engineering
  • Contribute to products that impact a billion devices globally
  • Engage in meaningful collaboration with various product stakeholders
  • Opportunity to influence automation and testing across major Apple platforms
Full Job Description
What if your automation code was the last line of defense before a feature reached a billion devices? This role sits at the convergence of engineering rigor and product quality across Apple's iOS and macOS platforms - where the frameworks you build determine whether releases ship with confidence or not. The team operates end-to-end across the SDLC, and the bar for what 'good' looks like here resets what you thought quality engineering could be.

Description

You'll architect and own test automation frameworks that run inside live CI/CD pipelines, catching regressions before they ever reach a human reviewer. Every sprint, you'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with software engineers and product managers who expect quality to be a design input, not an afterthought. The tools you write will compress release cycles, the gaps you find will shape roadmap decisions, and the standards you set will outlast any single product cycle.

Minimum Qualifications

3+ years of hands-on experience in SDET, QA automation, or software engineering with a testing focus

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or we may consider an equivalent depth demonstrated through industry work

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

Preferred Qualifications

Shipped quality automation across both iOS and macOS across multiple full release cycles - not just one platform or one cycle

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

Drove infrastructure improvements - framework refactors, pipeline optimizations, coverage initiatives - with documented impact on defect escape rates or release velocity

Extended automation scope beyond functional testing into performance, accessibility, or localization validation

Familiarity with photo and video editing applications or media-processing workflows, including experience testing or validating complex media-related features.

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

Apple Careers

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Size
154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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