Apple
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Creative Apps
$142K–$278K
Cupertino, California +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 25, 2026
- Location
- Cupertino, California
San Diego, California - Experience
- 3+ years; SDET, QA automation, or software engineering with a testing focus.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering, or equivalent depth demonstrated through industry work.
About the job
Build and maintain automated testing infrastructure and quality strategies for Creative Apps features across Apple’s iOS and macOS platforms.
What you'll do
- Develop Python and Swift test suites and own XCUITest/XUI UI automation integrated with CI/CD pipelines.
- Define feature-level test strategies and quality gates; analyze failures and improve automation coverage.
- Evaluate and integrate GenAI-assisted testing tools, and perform manual functional or exploratory testing as needed.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of hands-on SDET, QA automation, or software engineering experience with a testing focus.
- Advanced Python and Swift proficiency for test frameworks and tooling; experience with XCUITest or XUI on Apple platforms.
- Experience embedding quality gates across the SDLC, designing multilayer test strategies, and integrating test suites into CI/CD.
- Applied LLM or GenAI tooling and prompt engineering in a real engineering or QA workflow.
Nice to have
- Automation shipped across iOS and macOS over multiple release cycles; infrastructure improvements with documented impact.
- Performance, accessibility, or localization testing; familiarity with photo/video editing or media-processing workflows.
Pay
$142,300 and $263,300 (USD, base pay); $150,400 and $277,600 (USD, base pay)
Tools
Python, Swift, XCUITest, XUI, CI/CD, LLMs, GenAI
AI focus
Apply GenAI/LLMs to test generation, failure analysis, and coverage-gap identification; develop prompt engineering workflows for QA or developer tools.
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