Software Development Engineer In Test 5 - tvOS Team

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with 283 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

Who We Are

The Netflix tvOS team is a small but mighty group responsible for building a seamless discovery and streaming experience for our Apple TV customers. This feature set includes login, discovery, search, playback, and more. We are a group of highly skilled engineers who self-navigate through various problems to deliver complex solutions quickly and with extremely high quality. 

We are looking for a talented SDET to join our team. The successful candidate will have a strong background in designing and engineering automation frameworks and authoring and maintaining automated tests. This role needs an unusually responsible individual who will take ownership and pride in the quality of the Netflix app on Apple TV.

Responsibilities:

• Own the QA process for the Netflix Apple TV app. Ensure high quality and a seamless experience for our customers.

• Work side by side with the tvOS software engineers to understand the product and develop our QA strategy.

• Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases.

• Partner with our device labs team to ensure our automation environment is reliable, fast, and efficient.

• Collaborate with the larger Netflix testing community to adopt paved path solutions for QA on tvOS.

• Use a data driven approach to monitor and improve the health of our automated tests.

• Become the expert on how to effectively automate tests on tvOS devices using both physical devices and the simulator.

Requirements:

• Proven work experience in UI software quality assurance for tvOS or iOS devices.

• Proven work experience in developing frameworks for UI automation tests.

• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.

• Experience writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases.

• Hands-on experience with automated testing tools for Apple devices.

• Solid knowledge of Swift. Bonus points for Objective-C.

• Deep understanding of Apple's design principles and interface guidelines.

• Extensive knowledge of Xcode.

• Experience with device automation labs is a big plus.

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• Our culture of doing "The Best Work of Our Lives" is critical to how we work together as a company and bring joy to our members. It’s highly valued by our team, and is the primary reason many of our team members choose to work at Netflix.

• We believe safe spaces where everyone can be their authentic selves is the key to a successful team so we welcome and embrace all identities, cultures, and backgrounds.

Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top-of-market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $100,000 - $720,000.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs.  Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more detail about our Benefits here.

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