Apple Services Engineering is looking for a leader to manage the Core Services Quality Engineering organization, aiming to maintain Apple's high standards for services like the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books at a massive scale.
Requirements
- Deep knowledge of QA automation architecture, methodologies, processes, and tools
- Ability to quickly grasp new technical domains and system architectures
- Strong technical acumen across backend/services, automation, and CI/CD
Responsibilities
- Define and drive quality strategy, test plans, and the automation roadmap across services
- Drive efficiency and coverage in functional, integration, performance, and reliability testing
- Establish quality metrics, dashboards, and reporting; deliver clear, concise updates to leadership
- Ensure build qualifications, release readiness, and project milestones are met
- Champion engineering excellence, tooling, and CI/CD best practices across teams
Other
- 5+ years leading QA/Quality Engineering teams in software
- B.S. Computer Science or similar field, M.S. preferred
- High value for teamwork and cross-functional alignment; comfortable influencing without authority
- Proven stakeholder management
- Ability to drive clarity amid ambiguity and make sound tradeoffs
- Exceptional written and verbal communication; able to convey complex concepts concisely and tailor messages to different audiences
- Experience leading distributed teams across cultures, geographies, and time zones
- Experience planning and leading end-to-end software release cycles
- Proven leadership of major, cross-functional software initiatives
- Track record of providing succinct, accurate executive summaries of complex project status
- Experience driving measurable quality outcomes in a quality-focused organization
