Software QA Engineer, Photography & Videography Post Production

Software QA Engineer, Photography & Videography Post Production

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver 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.

The Video Applications QA team is seeking a Software QA Engineer to help test our video applications on macOS and iOS software, ensuring a high-quality customer experience. We need someone who is comfortable working in an exciting environment with constantly evolving priorities, and someone creative and inspired to invent new ways to help build better products.

Description

We are seeking a self-motivated individual with strong technical, problem-solving, and communication skills, and the willingness to work in a dynamic environment. Responsible for planning, designing, maintaining, and executing test cases with minimal direction. Able to test manually and with automation. Report bugs with outstanding isolation and regression techniques. Balance a wide variety of deliverables that will require the ability to effectively manage priorities and communicate progress and risks systematically. You should be comfortable with ambiguity and with making educated, critical judgments in the absence of complete requirements. Your ongoing curiosity and dedication to self-education in video and photo technologies as well as new testing techniques is what will set you apart. You should have a proven ability to ramp up quickly on both existing and new technologies. You will be in continual dialogue with Engineering and Design as products evolve and you will need to have compassion for users so you can effectively advocate on their behalf.

Minimum Qualifications

• Mandatory photography and videography post-production experience.
• Mandatory iOS and macOS testing experience.
• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related work experience.
• At least 5 years experience as a Software QA Engineer.
• Understanding of SDLC and SQA methodologies and practices such as planning, requirements analysis, testing, and deployment.
• Inquisitive and able to investigate and debug difficult software issues.

Preferred Qualifications

• Thrive in a collaborative organization, that's fast-paced and dynamic, and can clearly communicate technical problems to software teams and management.
• Meticulous, analytical, methodical, and creative problem solver committed to driving quality forward.
• Proficient at balancing multiple efforts simultaneously and meeting strict deadlines.
• Experience in traditional graphic design.
• Experience with SDR/HDR, Color Correction, and photographic workflows.

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