SDET — Build Scalable iOS/macOS Test Frameworks

Apple Inc.; Cupertino, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Stock options

Relocation assistance

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino seeks a Software Development Engineer in Test for Creative Apps to architect and own test automation frameworks across iOS and macOS. You will build production-grade test suites in Python and Swift and integrate UI automation into live CI/CD pipelines.

You will drive test strategy, close coverage gaps, and push quality gates that influence release decisions, while exploring GenAI-assisted test generation and tooling integrations to accelerate quality practices.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in SDET, QA automation, or software engineering with a testing focus.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and Swift, specifically for building automated test frameworks and test tooling — not just scripting.
• Practical command of the full SDLC with clear experience embedding quality gates at multiple phases, from design review through release.
• Proven track record designing and executing multi-layered test strategies spanning functional, integration, regression, and exploratory methodologies.
• Direct experience building UI automation with XCUITest or XUI frameworks against real Apple platform targets.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines and maintain them as living infrastructure.
• Applied LLMs or GenAI tooling to test generation, failure analysis, or coverage gap identification in a real engineering workflow.
• Built prompt engineering techniques into QA or developer tooling that measurably improved output quality or throughput.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or we may consider an equivalent depth 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

Python

Swift

CI/CD

Test automation

Quality gates

GenAI tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE

Tools

XCUITest

XUI

Jenkins

Job description

Apple Inc. in Cupertino seeks a Software Development Engineer in Test for Creative Apps to architect and own test automation frameworks across iOS and macOS. You will build production-grade test suites in Python and Swift and integrate UI automation into live CI/CD pipelines.

You will drive test strategy, close coverage gaps, and push quality gates that influence release decisions, while exploring GenAI-assisted test generation and tooling integrations to accelerate quality practices.