Quality/Automation Engineer, Apple
Retail Engineering
$132.3-199.5k
Plus discretionary employee stock programs and restricted stock unit awards
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
Personal technology company
Job no longer available
Personal technology company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$132.3-199.5k
Plus discretionary employee stock programs and restricted stock unit awards
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
Apple's mission is to bring the best user experience to its customers through its innovative hardware, software, and services.
Role
Who you are
- To be successful, you must be a strong programmer, proficient at thoroughly testing applications and build test automation tools, and helping improve team velocity through automation
- We are looking for a creative and passionate automation engineer with excellent problem solving and communication skills
- We seek a self-motivated, hands-on, multifaceted, and detail-oriented individual with a strong technical background and proven hands-on experience in the relevant field
- As the ideal candidate, you must demonstrate the ability to take ownership of outcomes and collaborate effectively with multi-functional teams to coordinate testing efforts seamlessly
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent field with a minimum of 3+ years hands-on Quality Assurance automation experience
- 5+ years of combined work experience in Software Development/Quality Engineering with Testing experience (White box + Black box, Automation Infrastructure development, functional, performance, stress testing)
- Solid understanding of development lifecycles, testing methodologies, and QA processes
- Experienced in developing test plans, building tools and test frameworks. JUnit, TestNg
- Computer Science fundamentals and experience in object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms
- Test experience in Java, SQL, Unix, Scala, NoSQL, and Web Services (Rest & SOAP) environments
- Programming experience with automation scripting/tools/tests harness (e.g. Selenium, Cucumber, Karate, RestAssured)
- Solid understanding of software build tools and CI/CD integrations
- Ability to investigate, debug and triage difficult problems both independently and collaboratively
- Highly organized, creative, motivated, and passionate about achieving results
What the job involves
- The Apple Online Store Quality Engineering team is looking for a motivated and talented engineer to join our team
- In this role, you will be involved in Quality Assurance for critical customer facing applications
- As part of Quality Engineering team, you will be tasked with continuous quality analysis and you will be responsible for identifying automation opportunities, defining the test approach, and finally implementing a robust solution that has a sound architecture to ensure that deliverables are of the highest standard
- Provide functional and integration quality-assurance testing for features at black-box testing tools
- Build Quality test plans and cases, automation suites and reduction of regression test cycle take Quality to next level by using ML and AI in automation
- Work closely with multi-functional organizations, project teams and clients to develop test plans, execute test plans and cases, and deliver high quality products
- Act as a strong advocate for quality in the software development process
- Identify gaps or inefficiencies in workflows and suggest vital process improvements
- Self-motivated, able to grasp issues quickly and make educated, critical judgment in the absence of complete requirements
- Provide Project Managers with timely and accurate testing status and progress during all testing phases, including summarizing Quality results at project conclusion
- Able to multi-task in a multifaceted, fast-paced environment in Agile method
- Create Test plan, develop manual/automated multi-functional tests, report bugs, and assess overall product quality of frameworks across Apple's existing and new products
- Work with Agile team ensuring high quality delivery for each sprint and confirming to user story acceptance criteria
- Provide leadership in testing, solving, and implementing features through automation
- Work closely with engineers, project managers, and x-functional teams throughout software lifecycle in successfully delivering quality across projects
- Communicate detailed QA status to the team and report any critical issues in a timely manner
- Ability to analyze crash logs, back-traces, and assist Engineers by applying debugging techniques
- We're looking for a hardworking and passionate person to join this amazing team, if you feel this is you, we'd love to hear from you
Our take
With a market capitalisation that reached $3 trillion in 2022, Apple is the world's most valuable company. A vertically integrated approach and obsessive focus on the user experience have helped to make Apple one of the most successful companies in the world.
Since taking over at Apple, Tim Cook has been carefully curating the company's reputation as a champion of consumer privacy, trying to set the company apart from others that monetise their users' data.
The company even went as far as to introduce sweeping privacy changes which made it difficult to tailor ads to Apple’s 1bn+ iPhone users. This rocked the $400bn digital ads market, seriously harming the revenue of its bigger rivals in the lucrative industry and forcing them to rebuild their ad infrastructure.
Despite this, the company has been shaken by supply chain issues and moved a considerable amount of its manufacturing from China to India, and increased its Vietnam presence. This is because of multi-pronged production disruption in China, the second largest customer market for Apple, and triggered an estimated 10% revenue drop in the first quarter of 2023.
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Company benefits
- Everyone has different needs and schedules, and that’s why we offer medical plans that cover both physical and mental healthcare
- In addition, employees have the option to access medical professionals from almost anywhere and get free confidential counselling — virtual or in person
- You could also be eligible for help with fitness-related expenses
- Our medical coverage plans include family-friendly features such as fertility treatments
- Because we know there’s more than one way to bring a new child into your family, we support all kinds of new parents with paid leave and our gradual return-to-work programme
- You also get paid time away if you need to care for an ill family member and free guidance to help you find support for childcare, elderly care, legal referrals and more
- At Apple, we make sure women earn the same as men performing similar work. As part of that effort, your salary history is history — we won’t ask
- Every employee here also has the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder, because all are eligible for stock grants and also a discount when purchasing Apple stock
- To help you prepare for retirement, our pension can help you meet your savings goals. And to help you prepare for the unexpected, you’ll have the security of multiple forms of income protection
- Plan on developing both professionally and personally. Apple University creates classes, seminars and beyond-the-classroom tools that help employees understand Apple’s culture, organisation, values, and role in the world. You can sharpen general business and software skills through online classes
- For more formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, we’ll reimburse you for certain educational expenses, including tuition
- Whether you’re exploring personal pursuits, welcoming a new child or caring for a family member, rest assured that you’ll have paid time away when you need it most
- When you give money to an eligible organisation, we’ll match your donations one-for-one, so your contribution is doubled. And if you choose to donate your time, we’ll contribute US$25 for every hour you volunteer. Whether you donate time or money, Apple will match your contributions up to US$10,000 a year
- Get the world’s best prices on the world’s best products — Apple products. You’ll also get deals on great third-party accessories
- And there are services to help you manage life’s day-to-day tasks: dinner reservations, pet-sitters, shopping, personal travel, financial guidance and more
Company values
- We believe that we’re on the face of the Earth to make great products
- We believe in the simple, not the complex
- We believe that we need to own and control the primary technologies behind the products we make
- We participate only in markets where we can make a significant contribution
- We believe in saying no to thousands of projects so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us
- We believe in deep collaboration and cross-pollination of our groups, which allow us to innovate in a way that others cannot
- We don’t settle for anything less than excellence in every group in the company, and we have the self-honesty to admit when we’re wrong and the courage to change
Company HQ
Cupertino, CA
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Leadership
Tim Cook
(CEO, not founder)Joined Apple in 1998 and held various senior roles before being promoted to CEO in 2011. Previously Spent 12 years with IBM, most recently as director of North American Fulfilment, where he led manufacturing and distribution functions for IBM’s Personal Computer Company in North and Latin America
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