Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Creativity Apps

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming outstanding products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish.\\n\\nThe Creativity Applications team is looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test who has experience testing iOS/macOS applications, cloud based frameworks and APIs, validating new and innovative on-device ML and AI features in the creative space. You will have the unique and rewarding opportunity to help shape upcoming products that will delight and inspire millions of Apple's customers every day. Ideally we are looking for someone with a passion and/or background in video editing to contribute to the production of innovative tools for creative professionals, video makers and visual storytellers.

In this role, you will be responsible for planning, designing, writing, maintaining and executing test cases manually and through automation using Swift and Python. You will drive all aspects of quality and process improvements to help the team ensure that our features are rock-solid and ready to be released to our customers. Reporting bugs with outstanding isolation and regression techniques will be the key to your success. This role requires balancing a wide variety of deliverables that will rely on your talent for managing priorities and communicating progress and risks effectively and systematically. Your ongoing curiosity and dedication to self-education in AI/ML technologies, video/photo/music/productivity application editing software as well as new testing techniques is what will set you apart. You will be working closely with other team members to help coordinate multi-functional test efforts.\n

Minimum of 3 years industry experience in quality assurance with a prior focus in testing AI/ML technologies.\nMinimum of 3 years experience as a Software Engineer in Test, programming in Swift and/or Python to prototype features, create and test with internal tools.\nProficiency in testing iOS/macOS apps, cloud based frameworks, and framework APIs.\nExcellent understanding of an ML-based product lifecycle and GenAI. Strong knowledge of software development lifecycle, testing methodologies, QA terminology and processes.\nStrong communication, collaboration, and project management skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nBachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Experience developing/validating GenAI tools or working on AI-adjacent projects.\nExperience with writing automation for Apple platforms including iOS and macOS.\nExperience with photo, video, film and cloud editing workflows using creative applications is a plus.