Software Engineer, Triage Automation

The HomeKit team provides the foundation that enables an entire ecosystem of secure and intelligent home connectivity. We are developing technologies and crafting experiences that revolutionize the way people interact with the accessories around them. The team is seeking a talented engineer to help build the Home automation platform and take it to the next level. As a Software Screener/Integrity Engineer on the HomeKit team, you’ll bring your keen observational and analytical skills, empathy for users, and passion for quality to an engineering team working to make the next version of HomeKit remarkably great.

Description

As a software triage automation engineer on the Home development team, you will triage incoming bugs, understand and navigate the source code, analyze logs, determine the priority of issues, and focus on automating this process as much as possible. You will be encouraged to spot emerging issues from bug reports filed by Apple employees and external developers, follow up with bug filers to collect additional information that can help the team debug. You will gain encyclopedic knowledge of an area of HomeKit and apply that knowledge to engineering design discussions and feature planning. You will drive our day-to-day process around bug and source code management in service of delivering high-quality features and improvements to our developers and users.

Minimum Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills
• Experience debugging software issues and eager to automate common cases
• Dedicated, ambitious, detail-oriented, and well-organized
• Experience in shell scripting (Python, Bash, or similar) and system languages (C, C++, or similar)

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong technical aptitude and curiosity
• Experience in smart home space or distributed systems

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