Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Creativity Apps
Quality engineer on Apple's Video Apps (Creativity Apps) team in San Diego: plans, writes and executes manual and automated end-to-end tests for video/photo editing apps using Swift and Python, driving bug isolation, regression coverage, and process improvements across iOS and macOS.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- San Diego
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 1+ years
- Category
- Qa
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5+ years of experience in QA/QE
- Minimum 1+ years of experience as a Software Engineer in Test
- Programming in Python and/or Swift to prototype features, create test apps, and test with internal tools
- Proficiency in testing mobile/desktop apps, and backend/APIs
- Understanding of the software development lifecycle, SQA testing methodologies, terminology and processes (planning, requirements analysis, testing, deployment)
- Proven bug detection, isolation, and regression skills
- Able to extract user scenarios from feature descriptions and requirements, translating them into effective test plans and cases
- Strong familiarity with iOS and macOS
- 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
- BS in Computer Science, or related field, or 5+ years of equivalent experience
Nice to have
- Experience in digital photography and video, with proficiency in editing tools for both media
- Meticulous, analytical, methodical and creative problem solver committed to driving quality forward
- Thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced and dynamic organization; clearly communicates technical problems to software teams and management
- Proficient at balancing multiple efforts simultaneously and meeting strict deadlines
- Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written)
Full description
Imagine what you could do here! The people here at Apple don’t just build products, we craft the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that supports the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. The Video Apps team is looking for a Software Developer in Test with a background in video/photo editing to contribute to the development of innovative tools for creative professionals, video makers, and visual storytellers. It requires a highly proactive individual with strong creative, technical and analytic skills and passion for new technologies related to computer vision/on device machine learning.
In this role, you will be responsible for planning, designing, writing, maintaining and executing end-end test cases manually and through automation using Swift and Python. You will drive all aspects of quality and process improvements to help the team ensure that our features are rock-solid and ready to be released to our customers. Report bugs with outstanding isolation and regression techniques will be the key to your success. This role requires balancing a wide variety of deliverables that will rely on your talent for managing priorities and communicating progress and risks effectively and systematically. Your ongoing curiosity and dedication to self-education in video/photo technologies as well as new testing techniques is what will set you apart. You will be working closely with other team members to help coordinate multi-functional test efforts.
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in QA/QE
- Minimum of 1+ years experience as a Software Engineer in Test
- Programming in Python and/or Swift to prototype features, create test apps, and test with internal tools
- Proficiency in testing mobile/desktop apps, and backend/APIs
- Understanding of the software development lifecycle, SQA testing methodologies, terminology and processes such as planning, requirements analysis, testing and deployment
- Proven bug detection, isolation, and regression skills
- Able to extract user scenarios from software feature descriptions and requirements, translating them into effective test plans and cases
- Strong familiarity with iOS and macOS
- 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 throughputBS in Computer Science, or related field, or 5+ years of equivalent experience