Software Development Engineer - Test
Summary
Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, is the result of us making each other’s ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It’s the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you’ll do more than join something — you’ll add something.
Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple’s Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization. IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who build for them. It’s Apple’s central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless.
Do you love building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale? Imagine what you could do here.
The IS&T Enterprise business Application group is seeking a Software Developers in Test who has a proven track record in maintaining a high quality enterprise software solutions. Our group is responsible for Enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) transformation initiative to deliver next generation Product Information Management(PIM) Platform to drive Apple’s Product Innovation across hardware, software and services lines of business.
In this position, you’ll l work closely with key business stakeholders to build an enterprise PIM platform that enables Product innovation and Collaboration across Apple’s product value chain.
We are looking for someone with extensive experience building and delivering large scale, on-premise, and cloud-based enterprise solutions specially PLM. This individual should have sound technical and functional knowledge around PLM and latest Test frameworks. A great candidate will create a collaborative work environment that fosters autonomy, transparency, innovation, and learning.
Description
This hands-on role demands the best and brightest; the ideal candidate will be well rounded and offer a diverse skills that aligns with the key qualifications listed above. This is a highly cross-functional role; we interact closely with technical and business teams all across Apple and other third party partners.
- Collaboration with engineering, infrastructure, site reliability, project management, and partner technical and business teams to formulate engineering specifications.
- Working with other quality and performance engineers in crafting test plans, test cases, and associated automation, setting standards, estimating effort, and coordinating test execution.
- Identify and document defects, collaborating with stakeholders to prioritize and address resolutions.
- Engage with stakeholders to define and consistently assess metrics that monitor product quality
Minimum Qualifications
- Minimum of 4 years of professional experience in quality assurance or software engineering.
- Proficient in developing test plans and automation strategies for intricate full-stack applications.
- Experience in testing and automating browser-based applications across various platforms, using automation tools like Playwright, Selenium, or equivalent.
- Experience in testing and automating enterprise application like Siemens Teamcenter or any equivalent PLM systems
- Automating and testing Asynchronous and distributed systems.
Preferred Qualifications
- Extensive knowledge of back-end development technologies, particularly in Java and related frameworks.
- Working knowledge of browser technologies and frameworks such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React.
- Proficiency in relational database technologies like Oracle or Postgres.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and meticulous individual with excellent written and oral English communication skills.
finally a posting where years of Teamcenter pain actually counts, PLM testing is a whole different beast from the usual selenium grind and most companies never get that