Software Quality Engineer, Early Career

Apple is seeking a motivated and talented Quality Engineer to join their Software Quality Assurance team. This role focuses on ensuring high-quality releases for applications and systems across all platforms. The position involves working with a breadth of technologies including highly scalable distributed applications, No-SQL platforms, internal search platforms, customer-facing websites and services, critical security systems, machine learning, and anomaly detection systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive quality through hands-on functional testing and automation of user-facing features and systems
• Design and implement quality assurance processes for software products in a distributed environment
• Work alongside software development and SRE teams to gain in-depth knowledge of application business logic, security aspects, and environments
• Design, implement, and maintain automation roadmaps for complex services
• Drive advancements in test strategies

Required Qualifications:

• Strong foundation in at least one object-oriented programming language (preferably Java)
• Understanding of databases (e.g., SQL) and Linux/Unix
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or Bash
• Self-motivated with excellent organizational skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of REST APIs and experience with testing/automating API calls
• Familiarity with various testing techniques (performance, unit, integration, automated)
• Ability to investigate, debug, and triage problems independently and collaboratively
• Experience with bug tracking and test/requirement management systems
• Knowledge of build and deployment systems using Maven and Git
• Familiarity with software engineering best practices
• Experience with open-source testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, Selenium)

This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on Apple products and contribute to delivering high-quality software to billions of customers worldwide.