Software Development Engineer in Test - IS&T

Apple; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diversity and inclusion benefits

Career growth opportunities

Innovative work environment

Job summary

Apple is seeking an experienced Quality Engineer in Bengaluru to be responsible for testing critical customer-facing applications. The successful candidate will ensure the quality of Apple’s products, create robust testing charters, and collaborate with teams to enhance test automation.

Minimum qualifications include extensive experience in software testing, strong automation skills with Java or Python, and knowledge in testing APIs and web applications. Apple promotes a culture of inclusion and innovation.

Qualifications

• 3 to 14 years experience in software quality assurance testing.
• Strong practical experience in automation frameworks.
• Experience in testing APIs and web applications.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality of Apple’s products, including consistent functionality.
• Collaborate with developers and QA to define test strategies.
• Analyze test results and track issues using defect management tools.

Skills

Automation with Java, Python and/or Swift

Functional testing

Regression testing

Performance testing

Security testing

Debugging skills

Tools

Core Java

Karate

RestAssured

Selenium

Appium

Jmeter

Gradle

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Summary

At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job, and there's no telling what you could accomplish. The people here at Apple don't just craft products - they build the kind of wonder that's revolutionised entire industries! It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that encourages 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.

Description

In this role, you will be involved in quality engineering for critical customer facing applications, work in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment and be directly responsible for:

• The quality of Apple’s products, including consistent functionality, performance and stability
• Understanding new and existing feature implementations in order to craft informed, robust testing charters
• Authoring and reviewing test scenarios, scripts and plans
• Conduct functional, regression, performance, and security testing using automation tools
• Identifying and reporting defects, inclusive of first‑level root‑cause analysis and consistent steps to reproduce
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks, scripts, and test cases for web, API, and mobile applications
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and QA teams to define test strategies and acceptance criteria
• Implement CI/CD pipeline integration to enhance automated testing execution
• Analyze test results, report defects, and track issues using defect management tools
• Continuously improve test automation frameworks and enhance testing efficiency
• Championing quality efforts beyond test execution, including collaborating with test automation engineering teams, product management teams and engineering program teams

Minimum Qualifications

• 3 to 14 years experience in software quality assurance testing
• Strong practical 2 years experience in automation with Java, Python and/or Swift or any OO language
• Experience in testing API/Web Service, Web apps or Mac/iOS/iPadOS native applications
• Strong hands‑on experience on Core Java, Karate, RestAssured, Playwright/Selenium, Appium/XCUI or similar frameworks

Preferred Qualifications

• Good knowledge of automation framework architecture, design and development
• Expertise in QE processes, tools and metrics
• Experience in Maven/Gradle and Git repositories is required
• Experience of working in Agile development environment with high quality product
• Solid understanding of software build tools, CI/CD integrations, deployment process and code quality checking tools
• Understands logs scanning to identify the errors and root cause
• Experience in testing microservices and cloud‑based applications
• Strong problem‑solving, debugging, and analytical skills
• Hunger to learn and explore new technologies which will optimise the existing solutions
• Hands on experience with Load, Resiliency & Performance testing. Exposure to Jmeter/Gatling/Locust performance testing framework
• Experience with Testing of AI/ML applications, Security and Accessibility testing is good to have
• Experience in cloud technologies such as AWS/GCP and containerisation technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes is good to have
• Experience with ServiceNow is nice to have
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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