Senior Software QA Engineer Apple Services Engineering. - Apple

Senior Software QA Engineer Apple Services Engineering. Seattle,Washington,United States Software and Services Apple Services Engineering (ASE) revolutionized smartphone app distribution with the launch of the App Store. The Digital Supply Chain Engineering team (DSCE) is responsible for ensuring that new content is uploaded, processed, cataloged, and available on our storefronts when the provider expects it to be, and with the highest quality. The App Processing QA team is looking for an outstanding quality engineer who will be responsible for the integration and qualification of the software used to validate, ingest, thin and other processing of all apps to the App Store. You will be part of a dynamic team responsible for qualifying apps that demonstrate new features in future devices and upcoming versions of iOS, watchOS, tvOS, macOS and visionOS. **Key Qualifications** + 5+ years of strong QA experience, with a consistent track record detecting and writing bug reports. + Strong understanding of SQA methodologies and practices is a must. + Strong debugging and triaging capabilities. + Proven understanding of Unix, macOS, iOS, Mobile Applications. + Proficiency in Java, Python, JavaScript. (Objective-C, Swift, REST API is a plus). + Hands-on experience on automating features and framework enhancements. + Experience on developing tools and enhancing existing internal tools. + Thrive in a collaborative environment and comfortable working with multi-functional teams. + Experience with App development to support App Store and TestFlight is a plus. **Description** We seek an engineer who will qualify and automate enhancements and improvements to the workflow by which apps are thinned, encrypted, signed, and otherwise processed for distribution to TestFlight and the App Store. Experience with building and maintaining custom apps on Apple platforms (iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, visionOS) based on new and existing specifications is desirable. You are able to quickly adapt to internal releases of the latest APIs and SDK builds to produce test apps for App Store QA needs. We seek a strong individual contributor, with strong interest in learning new systems and skills, who can work on projects independently, collaborate with multi-functional teams and various client and server testing teams in addition to working with engineering teams to debug and reproduce issues in complex systems and seek initiative to get them fixed. You will be responsible for planning, designing, maintaining and executing test cases with minimal direction. You will be required to juggle a wide variety of work you're doing that will rely on your talent for managing priorities and communicating progress and risk effectively and systematically. **Education & Experience** BS in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience **Additional Requirements** **Pay & Benefits** + 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 $125,800.00 and $229,400.00, 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. 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