At Apple, we build products that enrich people’s lives. The Tools and Frameworks group empowers developers inside and outside of Apple to build amazing products for our platforms using Xcode, Xcode Cloud and more!
Our team develops the testing experience in Xcode - in addition to the UI Testing API that ships as part of XCTest. Testing is a key part of building high-quality applications, and as a member of this team you’ll play a significant role in shaping the tools used by millions of developers every day to validate their code.
This position entails designing and implementing the full testing experience - everything from UI in Xcode down to the OS-level daemons that power them - we engineer the testing solutions Apple provides.
Description
The Testing Experience Engineering team is seeking an experienced, creative and highly motivated software engineer to join us in designing and building next-generation testing products, infrastructure, and workflows. As a member of the team you’ll work with engineers across Apple to design new features that enhance developer workflows and productivity, focusing heavily on details that enhance the user experience.
In this role, you will design and build Xcode’s testing frameworks and user interfaces - the products that empower testing. In pursuit of a seamless developer experience, you’ll be responsible for helping to shape service architectures and APIs, building robust client implementations, and delivering rich user interfaces.
Ideal candidates will have a strong passion for software development, systems programming, a thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, and experience with Apple’s platforms and tools.
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional experience with Apple platform development using Xcode
- Professional experience with compiled programming languages such as Swift, Objective-C, C/C++, Java/Kotlin
- Deep understanding of operating system concepts (e.g. cross-process communication)
- B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional experience designing and engineering shipping products
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and build systems software with a customer focus
- Passionate about details and comfortable with complex, multi-faceted problem spaces
- Passion for developer-focused UX, tools, and API design
- Comfort with large and established codebases, including complex debugging scenarios
