Apple
Software Quality Engineering Manager, Instructional Products
$184K–$320K
Cupertino, California · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jul 29, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of professional work experience in software QA, including 4+ years managing or leading quality engineering teams.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads quality engineering for Apple’s instructional client apps, setting quality strategy and building AI-driven, automated QA practices from concept through release.
What you'll do
- Own quality strategy, test plans, and release-readiness criteria for client app features across Apple operating systems.
- Build and maintain automated test infrastructure, including CI/CD gates, regression suites, and end-to-end testing; investigate failures and risks.
- Use quality data to communicate status, partner across teams, and mentor engineers in organization-wide quality practices.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of professional software QA experience, including 4+ years managing or leading quality engineering teams.
- Hands-on engineering ability to build test tooling and review systems-level code; thorough SDLC knowledge, specifically CI/CD and automated QA in an agile environment.
- Demonstrated ability to scope, schedule, and resource multiple complex projects; working knowledge of client/server architectures, including RESTful APIs.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience; strong communication skills.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Experience with AI-powered development and testing tools, automated test frameworks, Continuous Integration systems, XCTest, or XCUITest.
Pay
USD $183,700 to $319,800 base salary
Tools
CI/CD, RESTful APIs, XCTest, XCUITest, macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS
AI focus
Define and execute AI-driven QA plans and verification; use AI-powered development and testing tools to accelerate quality workflows and expand test coverage, combining automated validation with human oversight.
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