Software Engineer, Triage Automation
Job Description
Summary
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 get along 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 find your way through the source code, analyze logs, determine priority of issues and most importantly 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.
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
- Dedicated, ambitious, detail-oriented, and well-organized
- Experience in smart home space or distributed systems
