Software Development Engineer in Test, Customer Systems

Apple, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple's IS&T Customer Systems team in Austin, TX seeks a Software Quality Engineer in Test to ensure the quality of our customer support platforms. You will design testing charters, author test plans and scenarios, and execute functional, performance and stability tests across web and mobile components.

You will write automation scripts, perform root-cause analysis, and collaborate with test automation, product management and engineering teams to drive quality improvements.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software QA/testing experience.
• Hands-on experience building test frameworks with RestAssured or Selenium.
• Proficient in Java or Python.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality of Apple customer support software by testing features for functionality, performance and stability.
• Create and execute functional, performance, and stability tests; write and review automation scripts.
• Identify defects, perform root cause analysis and document repeatable steps.
• Collaborate with test automation engineers, product management, and engineering teams to improve quality.

Skills

Quality assurance

Test automation

Java

Python

Leadership

Tools

RestAssured

Selenium

Job description

Software Development Engineer in Test, Customer Systems

Austin, Texas, United States Corporate Functions

Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple’s Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization.IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who build for them. It’s Apple’s central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless.Do you love building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale? Imagine what you could do here.Customer Systems is part of IS&T and drives the technology behind Apple's customer support experience — from contact center operations to the software powering the iconic Genius Bar. The team also builds and operates AppleCare's online support platform, which handles 6 billion visits per year, delivering seamless, high-quality support to Apple customers around the globe.Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other’s ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It’s the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you’ll do more than join something — you’ll add something.Apple’s Customer Experience Engineering team is looking for a passionate Software Quality Engineer to contribute to design, analysis and certification of our support apps. We are looking for someone who is equally passionate about quality and using light weight processes to consistently achieve it. The role would also involve interacting with cross-functional engineering and product teams to test features, perform root cause analysis, and drive the quality of our customer's experience.

Description

In this dynamic and fast-paced role, you will be directly responsible for ensuring the quality of Apple's customer support experience, focusing on consistent functionality, performance, and stability. This involves understanding new and existing feature implementations to craft informed and robust testing charters, authoring test scenarios, scripts, and plans, and then executing functional, performance, and stability testing. You will also write and review automation test scripts, identify and report defects with first-level root cause analysis and consistent reproduction steps, and champion quality efforts by collaborating with test automation engineering, product management, and engineering program teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in software quality assurance testing. Experience as a team lead preferred.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining test frameworks using tools such as RestAssured or Selenium
• Proficiency in one or multiple languages such as Java, Python etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience testing iOS native and Safari-based web applications.
• Experience with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling) and load/stress/scalability testing practices.
• Knowledge of AI-driven testing tools

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