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Get Access To All JobsAt Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming excellent products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish!
Claris, an Apple company, is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their best work. Just be ready to dream big. The workplace today is flooded by applications, but organizations struggle to integrate and automate processes that run across them. At Claris, we are building a better way for the world's 500 million knowledge workers to do their jobs better. We accomplish this by empowering them to automate their processes and integrate data across all their applications in a matter of days thanks to an easy-to-use visual platform.
If you're passionate about testing intelligent software that runs where customer data lives, love APIs, and want to be part of a team that's shaping the future of how people work, this is your team. You'll help ensure that the tools our customers depend on are reliable, secure, and ready for the real world.
Description
We are looking for a QA engineer who uses Swift to test software that helps organizations make sense of their data. This is an opportunity to join a team building solutions where quality is the product. You'll work across macOS system services, multi-process architectures, and performance-sensitive components to make sure what we ship works the way customers expect. To be successful, you will bring creative energy to collaboration, communication, and producing high-quality deliverables.
You'll work on problems that matter. The software you test protects customer data, keeps critical systems running, and delivers tools that organizations from schools to hospitals trust every day. We're looking for someone who solves problems, takes initiative, and cares about the people who use what we build.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites in Swift using XCTest and Swift Testing frameworks.
- Test macOS server software across process lifecycle events including installation, upgrade, crash recovery, and uninstall.
- Validate REST API endpoints, SSE streams, and WebSocket connections through functional and integration testing.
- Profile application performance using Xcode Instruments and identify regressions in latency, memory, and resource usage.
- Investigate and triage concurrency issues using Thread Sanitizer and strict concurrency checking.
- Collaborate with developers to define testability requirements early in the development cycle.
- Build and maintain CI pipelines using xcodebuild for automated test execution across configurations.
- Execute long-running stability and soak tests to validate system reliability under sustained load.
- Test code signing, notarization, and installer packaging workflows for macOS distribution.
- Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release readiness reviews.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's in Computer Science or equivalent
- Strong problem-solving and analytics skills, with the ability to investigate, debug and triage issues in complex multi-process macOS applications independently and cooperatively.
- Practical experience with Swift programming language and testing tools/frameworks (e.g. XCTest, Swift Testing with @Test/@Suite/#expect, Xcode Instruments). Familiar with xcodebuild CLI and CI integration.
- Experience with testing macOS server software, including process lifecycle management (launchd, SMJobBless), code signing, notarization, and installation/upgrade workflows.
- Experience testing actor-based Swift concurrency, including data race detection with Thread Sanitizer (TSan) and strict concurrency checking. Familiarity with long-running stability and soak testing.
- Strong understanding of RESTful API, OpenAPI specification, SSE (Server-Sent Events), and service testing. Experience testing solutions utilizing WebSockets and JWT/OAuth validation is desired.
- Familiarity with performance testing on macOS, including Xcode Instruments profiling (Time Profiler, Allocations, Leaks) and resource constraint testing.
- Experience testing AI-integrated features or machine learning pipelines, including validating model outputs, latency, and deterministic behavior. Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) or similar tool-use frameworks is a plus.
- Experience in Agile software development methodologies/Scrum and rapid releases.
Minimum Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience quality engineering experience in modern web technologies and using XCTest and Swift Testing framework
- Computer Science-Software Engineering Degree or equivalent software engineering experience
- Demonstrated experience testing software using Behavior Driven Development (BDD) or Test-Driven Development (TDD) methodology to define and execute scenario-based test coverage
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.
Pay & Benefits
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $139,500 and $210,100, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming excellent products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish!
Claris, an Apple company, is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their best work. Just be ready to dream big. The workplace today is flooded by applications, but organizations struggle to integrate and automate processes that run across them. At Claris, we are building a better way for the world's 500 million knowledge workers to do their jobs better. We accomplish this by empowering them to automate their processes and integrate data across all their applications in a matter of days thanks to an easy-to-use visual platform.
If you're passionate about testing intelligent software that runs where customer data lives, love APIs, and want to be part of a team that's shaping the future of how people work, this is your team. You'll help ensure that the tools our customers depend on are reliable, secure, and ready for the real world.
Description
We are looking for a QA engineer who uses Swift to test software that helps organizations make sense of their data. This is an opportunity to join a team building solutions where quality is the product. You'll work across macOS system services, multi-process architectures, and performance-sensitive components to make sure what we ship works the way customers expect. To be successful, you will bring creative energy to collaboration, communication, and producing high-quality deliverables.
You'll work on problems that matter. The software you test protects customer data, keeps critical systems running, and delivers tools that organizations from schools to hospitals trust every day. We're looking for someone who solves problems, takes initiative, and cares about the people who use what we build.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites in Swift using XCTest and Swift Testing frameworks.
- Test macOS server software across process lifecycle events including installation, upgrade, crash recovery, and uninstall.
- Validate REST API endpoints, SSE streams, and WebSocket connections through functional and integration testing.
- Profile application performance using Xcode Instruments and identify regressions in latency, memory, and resource usage.
- Investigate and triage concurrency issues using Thread Sanitizer and strict concurrency checking.
- Collaborate with developers to define testability requirements early in the development cycle.
- Build and maintain CI pipelines using xcodebuild for automated test execution across configurations.
- Execute long-running stability and soak tests to validate system reliability under sustained load.
- Test code signing, notarization, and installer packaging workflows for macOS distribution.
- Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release readiness reviews.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's in Computer Science or equivalent
- Strong problem-solving and analytics skills, with the ability to investigate, debug and triage issues in complex multi-process macOS applications independently and cooperatively.
- Practical experience with Swift programming language and testing tools/frameworks (e.g. XCTest, Swift Testing with @Test/@Suite/#expect, Xcode Instruments). Familiar with xcodebuild CLI and CI integration.
- Experience with testing macOS server software, including process lifecycle management (launchd, SMJobBless), code signing, notarization, and installation/upgrade workflows.
- Experience testing actor-based Swift concurrency, including data race detection with Thread Sanitizer (TSan) and strict concurrency checking. Familiarity with long-running stability and soak testing.
- Strong understanding of RESTful API, OpenAPI specification, SSE (Server-Sent Events), and service testing. Experience testing solutions utilizing WebSockets and JWT/OAuth validation is desired.
- Familiarity with performance testing on macOS, including Xcode Instruments profiling (Time Profiler, Allocations, Leaks) and resource constraint testing.
- Experience testing AI-integrated features or machine learning pipelines, including validating model outputs, latency, and deterministic behavior. Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) or similar tool-use frameworks is a plus.
- Experience in Agile software development methodologies/Scrum and rapid releases.
Minimum Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience quality engineering experience in modern web technologies and using XCTest and Swift Testing framework
- Computer Science-Software Engineering Degree or equivalent software engineering experience
- Demonstrated experience testing software using Behavior Driven Development (BDD) or Test-Driven Development (TDD) methodology to define and execute scenario-based test coverage
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.
Pay & Benefits
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $139,500 and $210,100, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Software QA Engineer
Document your degree's U.S. equivalency early
PERM requires your foreign degree to be evaluated as equivalent to a U.S. bachelor's in computer science, software engineering, or a closely related field. Get a credential evaluation from a NACES-member organization before you start applying, so employers aren't delayed by documentation gaps at the I-140 stage.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Search DOL PERM disclosure data to identify companies that have filed labor certifications for Software QA Engineer or related titles. Employers who have completed PERM before understand the process and are less likely to withdraw sponsorship due to timeline surprises.
Use Migrate Mate to filter sponsoring QA roles
Filter your job search on Migrate Mate to surface Software QA Engineer positions at employers with documented green card sponsorship history. This saves time you'd otherwise spend cold-applying to companies that have never navigated PERM for engineering roles.
Clarify the job description matches OFLC Wage Search findings
PERM requires employers to pay at least the prevailing wage for your role and location, determined using the OFLC Wage Search. Ask your hiring manager or HR contact whether the posted role's duties and title align with how they plan to classify the position for DOL purposes, before an offer is extended.
Negotiate starting PERM during your first year
PERM processing at DOL currently takes well over a year at the standard track, and that's before USCIS adjudicates the I-140 petition. Raise the sponsorship timeline in your offer negotiation so your employer files the labor certification as early as possible, rather than waiting until your H-1B or OPT is close to expiring.
Check your O*NET occupation code before the PERM job description is drafted
The Software QA Engineer role maps to a specific O*NET occupation code that influences how DOL evaluates whether the position is a specialty occupation requiring a specific degree. Confirm with your employer's immigration counsel that the job duties in the PERM application match the O*NET profile accurately, since inconsistencies are a common source of audit triggers.
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Find Software QA Engineer JobsSoftware QA Engineer Green Card Sponsorship: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Software QA Engineer role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most Software QA Engineer positions qualify under EB-3 as a skilled professional role requiring at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field. If the role requires a master's degree or you hold one and the employer can justify it as a minimum requirement, EB-2 may apply. The classification affects your priority date and wait time, which varies significantly by country of birth.
How does green card sponsorship through PERM differ from H-1B sponsorship for QA engineers?
H-1B is a temporary nonimmigrant status with a three-year initial period, subject to an annual cap and lottery for most employers. Green card sponsorship via PERM leads to permanent residency with no renewal cycle. The PERM process requires your employer to complete a formal DOL labor market test before filing the I-140 with USCIS, and the full process typically takes two to four years or longer depending on your country of birth and whether your priority date is current.
What does the PERM labor certification process actually require my employer to do?
Your employer must conduct a DOL-supervised recruitment campaign to document that no minimally qualified U.S. worker applied for the Software QA Engineer role. This includes posting the job through specific channels, maintaining records of all applicants, and certifying the results to DOL. If DOL approves the labor certification, your employer can then file the I-140 immigrant visa petition with USCIS on your behalf.
How do I find Software QA Engineer jobs where the employer has already sponsored green cards before?
Migrate Mate lets you search Software QA Engineer roles filtered by employers with documented green card sponsorship history, so you're not guessing which companies are willing to navigate PERM. Prioritizing employers who have completed EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorships before significantly reduces the risk of an employer agreeing to sponsor and then backing out when they realize the complexity or cost involved.
Can my employer start PERM while I'm still on H-1B or OPT?
Yes. PERM can be filed while you're on H-1B or OPT, and starting early is strongly advisable because DOL processing at the standard track currently exceeds a year before the I-140 is even filed. For H-1B holders, AC21 portability rules may allow you to change employers after the I-140 is approved and 180 days have passed, without losing your priority date, as long as the new role is in the same or similar occupational classification.
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