Ensuring the quality of Virtualization technologies for Apple, specifically macOS and Linux in a virtualized environment on all Apple products.
Requirements
- Experience developing object-oriented / reusable, efficient, and scalable automated test code
- Fluency in one or more of the following programming languages: Python, Objective-C, Swift, C, C++, Java
- Experience with executing and managing Jenkins or equivalent CI infrastructure
- Demonstrated ability to effectively investigate and identify complex software bugs / defects
- Hands on with one or more virtualization technologies or container technologies (ex KVM, Xen, VMware, Hyper-V, Docker)
- In-depth admin level experience with one or more classes of operating systems (ex macOS, Linux, Unix, Windows)
Responsibilities
- automated testing ensuring the quality of the customer experience when running macOS, Linux or Windows in virtualization.
- working closely with developers to deeply understand virtualization technologies on macOS, new features and capabilities inside the virtualized OS, creating comprehensive test plans for specific features, developing automated tests including test framework capabilities and general automation to enable comprehensive component-level test coverage.
- managing and maintaining our large mix of test hardware and CI nodes in our test lab.
- coordinate with cross-functional test engineering and QA teams to ensure adequate test coverage of complex features, identifying and vocalizing risks areas during product and technology development, being an advocate for our users by maintaining Apple’s high quality bar.
Other
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to facilitate effective collaboration
- Accustomed to sweating the details in your quest for the highest software quality
- Problem solving and critical thinking: A natural curiosity to know how things work and to understand the why
- Full understanding of common software quality methodologies and processes
- Previous experience as a software quality engineer responsible for writing, executing, and owning automated testing
