Engineering Manager, Quality Engineering â MapKit
AppleEngineering Manager, Quality Engineering â MapKit
AppleLocation
Cupertino, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
8/11/2026
Compensation
Not listed
Job description
Join the MapKit Quality Engineering team at Apple to enhance the Apple Maps experience for millions of users. This role focuses on scaling automation testing across multiple platforms, including iOS, MacOS, WatchOS, Android, and JS. You will lead a team of quality engineers responsible for ensuring the quality of public APIs and SDKs. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in test engineering and a passion for delivering high-quality developer experiences.
Requirements
- 6+ years of quality/test engineering experience, with at least two years in a lead or management role.
- Proven track record of driving test strategy and delivering comprehensive test coverage for mission-critical SDKs, APIs, and applications.
- Hands-on experience with SDK/API testing and automation frameworks such as XCTest, Espresso, UI Automator, Appium, or JavaScript/web test frameworks.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, build systems like Gradle, Git, and RESTful API/backend integration testing.
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, with the ability to independently diagnose and triage complex issues.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, capable of guiding teams through ambiguous and complex technical challenges.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to explain complex problems clearly and succinctly.
- Experience testing or designing SDKs/APIs used by external teams or third-party developers, including Android and/or iOS SDKs.
- Practical experience with mobile and web technologies such as Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin/Java, HTML/CSS/JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Familiarity with mapping frameworks is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of quality engineers in the automation testing of MapKit SDK across various platforms.
- Drive test strategy for complex, multi-platform SDKs and champion automation best practices.
- Collaborate closely with development, product, and design teams throughout the full feature lifecycle.
- Oversee the execution, triage, and release sign-off of automated tests.
- Manage host/lab environments for automated testing and end-to-end automation development.
- Coach engineers to help them grow in their careers and advance their skills.
Benefits
- Employees at Apple are often offered comprehensive benefits that support physical and mental well-being—flexible medical plans, confidential counseling, onsite wellness centers at major campuses, and resources for fitness and daily life. Families typically receive fertility support, paid parental leave with gradual return, caregiving leave, and dependent-care guidance, while financial perks commonly include stock grants (with purchase discounts), 401(k) matching, and income-protection coverage. Employees also see robust time off, Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement, donation matching and paid volunteer hours, and deep product and partner discounts.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Apple Inc
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
1,065
FY2026
Approval rate
99.0%
FY2026
LCA certified
9,221
FY2026
Entry-level share
5.6%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
+30%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-35%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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