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# Software Development Engineer

- **Company:** Apple Inc.
- **Location:** Cupertino, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Big Data, Continuous Integration, Design of User Interfaces, Hadoop Distributed File System, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, SQL Databases, TypeScript, Apache Spark, Swift (Programming Language), Backend, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Cassandra, Data Analytics, Apache Kafka, Front End Software Development, Data Pipelines, Docker, SDET
- **Published:** September 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.themuse.com/jobs/apple/software-development-engineer-in-test-a1aca3

## About the Role

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.

Minimum Qualifications

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

Proficiency in Swift, Python, Javascript and SQL

5+ 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 creating AI agents

Strong analytic and problem-solving skills

## Description

The Media Services QA team is seeking a 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.


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