Senior SDET: Cloud Networking Automation Platform

Apple Inc.

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 185,000 - 325,000

Full time

4 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage
Dental coverage
Retirement benefits
Stock programs
Relocation assistance
Education reimbursement

Job summary

Apple Inc. in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (SDET) to architect, build, and scale a test automation platform for the virtual networking layer of Apple's private cloud platforms.

This is a software engineering role at its core, balancing platform work with writing production-grade code and driving test strategy in close partnership with developers. You will collaborate with cloud network engineers, SREs, and platform architects to deliver scalable, reliable, and

Qualifications

  • Experience building test frameworks and automation platforms.
  • Proficiency in Go or Python.
  • Experience with API contracts (JSON, REST, RPC).
  • Experience with Kubernetes/OpenStack and infra-as-code.
  • Strong communication skills to articulate architecture decisions and test strategy.
  • Familiarity with observability tooling and instrumentation.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement scalable test frameworks and automation platforms.
  • Collaborate with cloud engineers, SREs, and architects to embed test coverage.
  • Develop triage and diagnostics tooling for fast root-cause analysis.
  • Design systems for test result reporting, observability, and flaky test detection.
  • Produce design docs and proposals for automation architecture and strategy.
  • Maintain API references and framework documentation for self-service adoption.

Skills

Test frameworks
Automation tooling
API design
Kubernetes
Go
Python
Communication

Education

BachelorA0Graduate or Master in CS/CE

Tools

OpenStack
REST
ProtoBuf
CI/CD

Job description

Apple Inc. in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (SDET) to architect, build, and scale a test automation platform for the virtual networking layer of Apple's private cloud platforms.

This is a software engineering role at its core, balancing platform work with writing production-grade code and driving test strategy in close partnership with developers. You will collaborate with cloud network engineers, SREs, and platform architects to deliver scalable, reliable, and

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