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Xcode Tools and Automation Engineer

1 week ago Cupertino, CA

At Apple, the Tools and Frameworks organization builds world-class development tools that power Apple's platforms-like Xcode, Terminal, and other macOS applications. As a Quality Engineer on the Developer Tools team, you'll have the rare opportunity to shape the tools you use every day. Your work will directly impact the development experience of millions of engineers worldwide. We're looking for a detail-oriented, curious, and proactive engineer who thrives on finding bugs, building tools, and collaborating with developers to deliver a seamless, high-quality development environment.

Description

We're looking for a highly creative, detail-oriented and self-motivated individual, excellent at creating and maintaining tests/tools required and communicating with other teams about the health of the product. You'll be paired with a product engineering team, and work with them to extend their automated testing to help ship a high-quality product. You'll have the opportunity to build shared APIs for testing, and be challenged to come up with testing strategies that maximize coverage of your component with minimal manual intervention. Additionally, you will: • Identify test scopes and prioritize testing with rapid development cycles • Create automated tests and improve test coverage geared towards ensuring quality of the product • Execute tests with attention to detail and communicate the overall quality with relevant teams • Drive teams to resolve issues, championing issues that you think will negatively impact developers Here you'll find that we: • Have a peaceful work environment where you can choose when to socialize and when to close your office door and focus • Provide technical guidance, software architectural review, and mentorship • Have an encouraging and growth focused workplace culture

Minimum Qualifications

  • Strong object-oriented programming experience, preferably in Swift or Objective-C
  • Experience in iOS or macOS development using Xcode
  • Excellent troubleshooting skills and a passion for quality
  • Experience in writing automation tests at various levels, including unit, API, UI, and non-UI

Preferred Qualifications

  • Collaborative and curious contributor with a proactive communication style
  • Demonstrated ability to lead projects
  • Knowledge of complex system level debugging and root cause analysis
  • Experience working with CI systems
  • Comfortable with rapid development release cycles and tight schedules
  • Passion for perfecting beautiful user interfaces and seamless user experiences

Pay & Benefits

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 $141,800 and $258,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

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Client-provided location(s): Cupertino, CA
Job ID: apple-200611525_rxr-1
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2025-08-03T16:06:20

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