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LAYIQ - Director, Software Test Engineering & Quality Assurance at Apple

Lead and develop a large, globally distributed quality organization, including SDETs, QA managers, and performance specialists, spanning multiple disciplines, geographies, and functions
Establish and execute a unified testing strategy spanning automation, performance, security, and manual validation, tailored across cloud, mobile, legacy, and AI/ML technology paradigms
Drive the modernization of QA infrastructure, replacing manual testing pipelines with scalable, shift-left automation frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, and Appium, minimizing regression cycles and establishing metrics-driven quality gates across the entire software development lifecycle
Define testing standards, tools, processes, and metrics that drive consistency, efficiency, and quality at scale across IS&T, Operations, and AppleCare Technologies
Oversee testing across a broad portfolio of applications, internal systems, enterprise platforms, and customer-facing support technologies
Partner with senior engineering, product, and DevOps leaders across IS&T, Operations, and AppleCare to tightly integrate continuous automated testing within CI/CD pipelines and align testing priorities with business objectives and release timelines
Adapt quality processes across multi-stack environments, balancing high-velocity deployments for web and cloud-native SaaS applications with structured, risk-mitigated cycles for legacy core systems and AI/ML pipelines
Establish and execute best practices for QA, QE, IT, and UAT test execution, ensuring proper testing at each gate and the appropriate sign-off across all release stages
Develop and track high-impact quality KPIs, including defect escape rate, test coverage, code churn, and MTTR, to systematically isolate bottlenecks and provide executive stakeholders with transparent quality readouts
Drive continuous improvement initiatives, that reduce defect rates, accelerate release cycles, and improve system reliability
Foster an inclusive, collaborative team culture** that attracts, develops, and retains top talent globally
Serve as a thought leader and advocate for quality engineering across Apple's enterprise and operational technology ecosystem

Director, Software Test Engineering & Quality Assurance

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