Apple

Software Engineer in Test, Cocoa

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

Qualifications

  • Experience building test applications and automated tests using Xcode, Swift/Objective-C, and XCTest/XCUITests.
  • Strong passion for QA, including maintaining test plans and automation libraries.
  • Skills in triaging and debugging with a solid grasp of OS fundamentals.
  • Interpersonal skills suited for a diverse group work environment.
  • At least 2 years of hands-on iOS or macOS application development (preferred).
  • Experience with databases (SQLite) and sync frameworks (CloudKit) (preferred).
  • Experience in handling system daemons and multi-threaded processing (preferred).

Responsibilities

  • Ship world-class user experiences as the voice of end-users.
  • Develop and maintain CoreData/SwiftData test applications and automated test suites.
  • Continuously seek improvements to enhance system reliability and performance.
  • Design and maintain test applications and automation frameworks via cross-functional collaboration.
  • Define, implement, and evolve automated test frameworks.
  • Monitor CI performance and analyze test results for insights and improvements.
  • Identify gaps in existing test plans and enhance them with scalability and maintainability in mind.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams.
  • Opportunity to work on high-impact technologies across multiple Apple platforms.
  • Role in advocating quality in the software development process.
Full Job Description
Join the Cocoa frameworks engineering group and help build and test framework APIs for macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS and visionOS. Our team is responsible for key technologies including macOS experience for SwiftUI, Appkit, Catalyst, CoreData, SwiftData, CoreText and CoreGraphics frameworks. We work on system level frameworks that focus on improving a broad range of developer and user experiences for all the Apple's platforms. We are looking for critical thinkers with a sharp eye for detail who would like to play a key role in qualifying Cocoa frameworks and helping ensure Apple software is of the highest quality.

Description

In this role, you will be responsible for shipping world-class user experiences and act as the voice of our end-users. As a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), you will help with developing and maintaining CoreData/SwiftData test applications, automated test suites for exercising various APIs of these frameworks into test applications. Continuously look for ways to improve and enhance system reliability and performance. This role requires strong programming fundamentals and automation experience to help in all phases of the product release cycle. You will be responsible for designing and maintaining test applications, automation frameworks which involve deep integration and close collaboration with a cross-functional team of software development & QA engineers, architects, program managers, and other domain experts. Responsibilities include defining, implementing, and continuously evolving automated test frameworks, monitoring CI performance, test result analysis, as well as test triage and reporting. In this role you should be able to identify gaps in existing test plans and close them with scalability and maintainability in mind to complement the manual testing efforts. You will be responsible for driving all of the quality work you are doing and also be a strong advocate for quality in the overall software development process. This position requires a self-motivated and dynamic individual with strong technical and communication skills who can contribute in a team environment and coordinate with other framework teams such as SwiftUI, CloudKit and Xcode.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience in building test applications, automated UI and non-UI tests using Xcode, Swift/ObjectiveC, XCTest/XCUITests

Strong passion for QA in software, including developing, extending and maintaining test plans, automation libraries, and methodologies

Strong triaging and debugging skills and a solid grasp of OS fundamentals

Ability to work in a diverse group, including interpersonal skills.

Preferred Qualifications

At least 2 years of prior hands-on iOS or macOS application development

Experience with Swift and/or Objective-C preferred

Experience with databases (SQLite), sync frameworks (CloudKit), and system daemons (XPC)

Experience with system concepts including multi-threaded processing, synchronization, and interprocess communication

Experience maintaining legacy code and backwards compatibility, with a record of replacing legacy code with new things in non-disruptive ways

Specific experience defining and driving data structures, APIs, or persistence layers for communication 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.

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154,000 employees
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Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
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$294.1 billion
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