Health Software - QA Tools & Automation Engineer

Apple Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical and dental

Retirement benefits

Stock programs

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. is hiring a Health Software - QA Tools & Automation Engineer in San Diego, CA. You will help ensure the Health experience is reliable, with an emphasis on automated testing for Health and Research apps within Apple’s ecosystem.

You’ll work with experienced engineers and medical experts to qualify features, maintain automation libraries, and triage issues across CI pipelines. This role requires autonomous problem solving, strong communication, and a passion for software quality.

Qualifications

• Proficient programming knowledge in Swift, Objective-C, or similar architected language.
• Strong object oriented programming and software design skills.
• Independent thinker with the ability to triage, investigate, and debug difficult technical and UX problems autonomously as well as collaboratively.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to facilitate close interaction with development teams, management, and other organizations within Apple.
• Passion for quality assurance in software, including developing, extending and maintaining test plans, methodologies, as well as automation libraries.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining automated test suites for validating Health-related applications
• Monitoring CI performance, test result analysis, as well as test triage and reporting
• Responding to changes, issues, and unexpected blockers and owning the solution
• Being a strong advocate for quality in the overall software development process
• Maintaining a qualitative, high level understanding of your areas of responsibility
• Investigating and debugging on Unix based systems to triage difficult problems and work towards resolutions
• Collaborating with the development team on the implementation of health features from an automation perspective

Skills

Swift

Objective-C

OO design

Automation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Eng

Tools

Xcode

Xcode Cloud

XCTest

XCUITest

Job description

Health Software - QA Tools & Automation Engineer

San Diego, California, United States Software and Services

Health is a diverse, hardworking, and passionate team striving to help people live healthier lives while keeping their data safe, private, and secure. We create amazing applications that enrich peoples’ lives in a tangible way, and provide APIs and SDKs to 3rd party developers so that their devices and applications can seamlessly integrate into Apple’s ecosystem. We are looking for a Software Test Automation Engineer to help ensure our Health experience is rock-solid and customer-focused. We're looking for critical thinkers who would like to play a key role qualifying critical software and the frameworks that support it during all stages of software development. We practice nimble, fast-paced development that relies heavily on a tight relationship between Development, Project Management, and QA.

Description

As a Test Automation Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to have a direct hand in crafting the next advancements in Apple’s health software ecosystem. We work on the Health app—a platform for Health and Fitness efforts across Apple—as well as the Research App and related features and experiences that broaden the definition of what our platform can do. You will work with experienced engineers, designers, and medical experts to qualify and refine features that delight users as well as form a solid technical foundation for future development. In this position, you will need to be self-directed, creative, and comfortable with change and ambiguity. Strong technical and interpersonal skills are all essential.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining automated test suites for validating Health-related applications
• Monitoring CI performance, test result analysis, as well as test triage and reporting
• Responding to changes, issues, and unexpected blockers and owning the solution
• Being a strong advocate for quality in the overall software development process
• Maintaining a qualitative, high level understanding of your areas of responsibility
• Investigating and debugging on Unix based systems to triage difficult problems and work towards resolutions
• Collaborating with the development team on the implementation of health features from an automation perspective

Minimum Qualifications

• Proficient programming knowledge in Swift, Objective-C, or similar architected language.
• Strong object oriented programming and software design skills
• Independent thinker with the ability to proactively triage, investigate, and debug difficult technical and UX problems autonomously as well as collaboratively
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to facilitate close interaction with development teams, management, and other organizations within Apple
• Passion for quality assurance in software, including developing, extending and maintaining test plans, methodologies, as well as automation libraries
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in automated Software Quality Assurance
• Experience writing production-ready automated UI and non-UI tests
• Creative problem solver with a knack for building scalable solutions in a collaborative and cross-functional space
• Ability to proactively triage, investigate, and debug difficult technical and UX problems independently as well as collaboratively
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to facilitate close interaction with development teams, management, and other organizations within Apple
• Previous work with regulated medical devices
• Experience with Xcode, Xcode Cloud, and XCTest/XCUITest
• A passion for health and health-related technology

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 $118,000 and $207,100, 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.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

At Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You’ll find that idea reflected in everything here — in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong.