What are the responsibilities and job description for the Machine Translation Quality Engineer position at Apple?
Would you like to play a critical part in the next revolution of human-computer interaction? The Apple Machine Translation team is building groundbreaking technology that enables connecting people across language barriers. We are looking for an experienced Quality Engineer/SDET to own the test automation strategy for Apple’s Translate app and client products.
Apple's Machine Translation is embedded into several products across the iOS, iPadOS, macOS and watchOS ecosystems: from Translate App that is used to communicate across different languages, to Safari full webpage translation, to system-wide translation that allows you to quickly translate any highlighted text into over 20 languages.
In this role, you’ll be directly responsible for Machine Translation’s client features and test automation. You’ll be collaborating closely with product engineering and modeling teams in order to come up with the right functional and non-functional test plans along with developing the automation and frameworks to validate our releases meet the highest standards of quality.
Minimum Qualifications:
5 years of experience in software testing with strong focus on test automation
Fluency in Swift, Java, or other object-oriented programming languages
Experience client-side and UI testing using technologies like XCTest, XCUITest, or equivalent
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with developing mobile test automation and frameworks
Deep understanding of development lifecycles, testing methodologies, QA processes
Proven experience in software QA creating test plans for new products and features
Excellent communication skills are a requirement due to the high level of interaction with engineering teams, management, and other organizations within Apple