Tools and Automation Engineer

The Xcode team provides the tools to develop software for Apple’s innovative iOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS and macOS platforms. As tools are our products, software engineers on the Xcode team have the unique and rewarding opportunity to apply personal experience to enhance and augment the tools they use every day. The Xcode team is looking for a diligent and focused Quality Engineer with the curiosity to find bugs, and a deep knowledge in tools and automation.

Description

We’re looking for a highly creative, detail-oriented and self-motivated individual, excellent at communicating with other teams about the health of their parts of the IDE. You’ll be paired with a tool development team, and work with them to extend their automated testing to help ship a high quality Xcode. You’ll have the opportunity to build shared APIs for testing, and be challenged to come up with testing strategies that improve coverage of your component with minimal manual intervention. Additionally, you will: -Identify test scopes and prioritize testing with rapid development cycles -Create automated tests and improve test coverage geared towards ensuring quality of the product -Execute tests with attention to detail and communicate the overall quality with relevant teams -Drive teams to resolve issues, championing issues that you think will negatively impact developers Here you’ll find that we: -Have a peaceful work environment where you can choose when to socialize and when to close your office door and focus -Provide technical guidance, software architectural review, and mentorship -Have an encouraging and growth-focused workplace culture