Software Development Engineer in Test

The Media Services QA team is seeking a senior software development test engineer who is interested in ASE products, wants to make an impact to them and to Apple as a whole, excels at improving the data quality, and is driven to use and create cutting-edge tools and technologies. This role involves developing tools, frameworks and applications to support client to server automation testing.

B.S.or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Proficiency in Swift, Python and SQL

10+ years experience in building tools and frameworks for QA automation testing

Good understanding of full-stack development including back-end services and front-end UI design in Javascript or Typescript

Strong skills in building and developing with service infrastructures such as Kubernetes, Docker, CICD pipelines

Understanding of data analytics, data interrelationships and data pipeline testing

Experience in designing and creating AI agents

Strong analytic and problem-solving skills

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Big Data technologies (e.g. HDFS, AWS, Spark, Kafka, Cassandra)

Experience with near real-time (NRT) and Batch data pipelines

This position demands a self-motivated individual with strong technical who can contribute in a team environment.

Comfortable and adaptable in a fast-paced environment.

Good soft skills esp. listening and interfacing with stakeholders

Willingness to work cross-functionally with other teams.

Experience with ML model training or fine-tuning

Experience building enterprise level machine learning applications with Pytorch, Scipy, Scikit-learn

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 $181,100 and $318,400, 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

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The Apple Services Engineering (ASE) team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple's long-held passion for combining art and technology. These are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books. And they do it on a massive scale, meeting Apple's high expectations with high performance to deliver a huge variety of entertainment in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries. These engineers build secure, end-to-end solutions. They develop the custom software used to process all the creative work, the tools that providers use to deliver that media, all the server-side systems, and the APIs for many Apple services. Thanks to Apple's unique integration of hardware, software, and services, engineers here partner to get behind a single unified vision. That vision always includes a deep commitment to strengthening Apple's privacy policy, one of Apple's core values. Although services are a bigger part of Apple's business than ever before, these teams remain small, nimble, and cross-functional, offering greater exposure to the array of opportunities here.