SDET Architect: Build Scalable iOS/macOS Test Frameworks

Apple; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple in San Diego is seeking a Software Engineer in QA/Automation to architect test frameworks for iOS/macOS features, running in live CI/CD pipelines.

You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with software engineers and product managers to embed quality into design and releases, applying GenAI-driven testing and robust automation practices.

A 3+ year track record in QA automation and strong Python/Swift skills are required; Bachelor's degree or equivalent demonstrated through industry work.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in SDET, QA automation, or software engineering with a testing focus.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and Swift for building automated test frameworks and tooling—not just scripting.
• Strong SDLC experience with quality gates from design through release.
• Proven track record designing multi-layered test strategies spanning functional, integration, regression, and exploratory testing.
• Direct experience building UI automation with XCUITest or XUI against real Apple platform targets.
• Experience integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines and maintaining them as living infrastructure.
• Applied LLMs/GenAI tooling to test generation or coverage in a real engineering workflow.
• Familiar with prompt engineering in QA or developer tooling that improves output quality.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering or equivalent demonstrated through industry work.

Responsibilities

• Build production-grade automated test suites in Python and Swift that validate iOS and macOS features at scale across unit, integration, and regression layers.
• Own the UI automation infrastructure end-to-end—from XCUITest/XUI framework design to seamless CI/CD pipeline integration.
• Drive test strategy for entire feature areas—defining coverage models, risk tiers, and quality gates that directly gate release decisions.
• Identify and close coverage gaps through root cause analysis, translating triage findings into systemic automation improvements.
• Accelerate team-wide quality practices by evaluating and integrating emerging tooling, including GenAI-assisted test generation and prompt engineering workflows.
• Perform manual functional testing as needed to validate new features, regressions, and complex user workflows that are not yet automated or require exploratory validation.

Skills

SDET/QA automation

Python

Swift

CI/CD pipelines

Root cause analysis

GenAI tooling

Prompt engineering

SDLC process

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Tools

XCUITest/XUI

CI/CD tooling

GenAI tooling

Job description

Apple in San Diego is seeking a Software Engineer in QA/Automation to architect test frameworks for iOS/macOS features, running in live CI/CD pipelines.

You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with software engineers and product managers to embed quality into design and releases, applying GenAI-driven testing and robust automation practices.

A 3+ year track record in QA automation and strong Python/Swift skills are required; Bachelor's degree or equivalent demonstrated through industry work.