Sr. Software Reliability & Stability Quality Engineer, Siri Speech

At Apple, quality is in everything we do, and as a Siri Software Reliability & Stability Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for automating, running and reporting hundreds of automated tests on automation racks You will work cross-functionally to identify and highlight key issues in a dynamic environment facing exciting new challenges daily for all the Apple product lines that Siri works on! This involves working cross functionally across many teams at Apple and delivering rich Apple Quality

• Apple Intelligence features to our customers.

You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and a real passion for product usability. This team ensures Reliability and Stability of Siri Software and will play a key role in telling us when we are ready to release the Software to our customers. Quality Engineers in this team test to objective metrics with customer experience in mind and build automated tests for iterative and long-term measurements of quality. You will create and utilize LLM tools to assist in this overall effort.

The ideal candidate should be comfortable to execute these tests and also write new automated tests and user-level test automation tools. In this role you will be actively involved in understanding features, identifying testing requirements and creating test plans. You will continuously track software bugs, identify issue trends, escalate bugs to be fixed and verify that they are indeed fixed by running the tests on automation racks.

DescriptionThe Siri Speech team is looking for exceptional individuals to extend the core technology that lets Siri understand, learn, and remember. In this role you will

• Bring technical depth to help solve challenging and novel problems and enable quantitative measurements of quality.
• Ability to develop automation tools, data corralling tools coming from various automation pipelines, and work cross-functionally to learn & reuse existing tools
• Deliver clear reports to partners and executives as products under test move through each development phase
• Take ownership of issues and drive them to resolution
• Balance priorities between short term results and long term infrastructure improvements
• Continuously improve tests and processes with a drive towards innovation and automation.

Preferred QualificationsBachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field.

Knowledge of the Apple development ecosystem using Xcode, Xcode Cloud, and XCTest or XCUITest preferredExperience with or knowledge of Machine Learned (ML) systems and associated qualification approaches.

Strong interpersonal skills to work well with engineering teamsExcellent problem solving and critical thinkingAbility to work in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing prioritiesPassionate about building extraordinary products and experiences for our usersMinimum QualificationsMinimum 3 years of software quality experience.

Strong passion for quality assurance in software, including developing and maintaining automated test libraries and tools.

Strong programming and software design skills, preferably in Swift and/or Python.

Excellent knowledge of and experience with test methodologies ranging from functional unit tests to non-functional exploratory testing.

Experience in building automated UI and non-UI tests for user facing applications or system frameworks.

Creative problem solver with a knack for building scalable solutions in a collaborative and cross-functional space.

Ability to proactively triage, investigate, and debug difficult technical and UX problems independently as well as collaboratively.

Highly organized with strong planning skills to estimate, update, and communicate progress.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant .Pay & BenefitsAt Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $181,100 and $318,400, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses

• including tuition.

Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

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Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.