Senior Quality Engineering Manager

Apple Inc.; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,600,000 - 7,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. Hyderabad IS&T (GSE) seeks a senior Quality Engineering leader to drive global QA operations, define test strategies, and expand quality frameworks across mobile, desktop, and cloud ecosystems.

You will coach engineers, push automation, and advocate autonomous quality practices, coordinating with US and India teams in a multi-vendor model.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software quality engineering, with at least 4 years in a people management/leadership role.
• Proven track record of managing teams across multiple product lines with focus on test automation and QA.
• Minimum 5 years of experience coordinating geographically distributed teams across time zones.
• Strong analytical problem solving and regression skills, deep bug detection abilities, and knowledge of QA methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Drive global Quality Engineering operations and define test approaches.
• Expand quality frameworks and lead efforts in service delivery, test automation, and building quality tools.
• Coach and grow the team; advocate intelligent automation and move from script-based testing to self-healing, predictive quality practices.
• Collaborate with US and India teams in a multi-vendor resourcing model.

Skills

Quality engineering

Test automation

Leadership

CI/CD

Java

Python

Perl

PHP

Unix/Linux

Databases

MongoDB

Cassandra

Docker

Kafka

Mac OS

iOS

AWS

GCP

SQA methodologies

AI tools

GitHub Copilot

Claude

Cursor

Functionize

Education

Bachelors and/or Masters in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Jenkins

Maven

Git

Job description

Hyderabad, Telangana, India Software and Services

Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple’s Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization. IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who build for them. It’s Apple’s central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless.Do you love building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale? Imagine what you could do here.G&A Solutions Engineering (GSE) is IS&T's dedicated technology partner for Apple's general and administrative functions — including people, finance, facilities, legal, and security. The team builds and delivers integrated technology solutions that keep these functions running efficiently and securely at global scale. GSE also works closely with business teams to develop custom tools that improve productivity and bring greater automation and consistency to G&A operations across Apple.

Description

The ideal candidate will be a self-motivated, hands-on, dynamic, and detail oriented individual with a strong technical background and proven leadership experience. This position requires an individual to be able to manage a team, guide senior engineers, and work cross-functionally to coordinate testing efforts and complex project delivery for applications within a complex mobile, desktop, and cloud client/server ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• This role will be responsible for driving global Quality Engineering operations, defining test approaches, and expanding our quality frameworks while working closely with development and other engineering teams. In this role, a successful candidate will lead efforts in effective service delivery, test automation, and building quality tools. This role will coach and grow the team, and act as the internal evangelist for intelligent automation, moving the organization from traditional script-based testing to self-healing, predictive, and autonomous quality practices. You will be working closely with U.S. and India based teams in a multi-vendor resourcing model.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software quality engineering, with at least 4 years in a dedicated people management and leadership role.
• Proven track record of managing teams of junior to senior quality engineers across multiple product lines, focused on test automation and quality assurance.
• Minimum 5 years of experience working with geographically located teams across different time zones.
• Strong in analytical problem solving and looking beyond whats obvious. Proven bug detection and regression skills.
• Bachelors and/or Masters degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven track record of building AI-driven tools that deliver measurable efficiency gains across functional and automated testing.
• Hands-on experience with AI-augmented or autonomous testing tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, or Functionize).
• Experience leading SDETs and Senior Quality Engineers, providing hands-on guidance and recommendations on complex technical aspects and framework architecture.
• Must have implemented and applied Continuous Integration (CI) successfully, with experience operating software build and deploy tools like Jenkins, Maven, and Git.
• Experience in Java, and scripting languages (Python, Perl, PHP, or similar).Implemented testing in complex Unix/Linux environments, relational databases, and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra). Experience with Docker and Kafka is highly desirable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience testing on Mac OS, iOS (mobile apps), and cloud-based technologies (AWS, GCP).
• Must have a working knowledge of SQA methodologies and practices, including experience reporting and tracking bugs and third-party issues.
• Partner with global teams, development managers, and other teams to organize testing responsibilities, and to drive strategic initiatives.

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