Analytics QA Manager
Data Science, Quality Assurance
Seattle, WA, USA
USD 174,200-303,800 / year + Equity
Posted on Jul 31, 2026
The Apple Services Engineering (ASE) team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s long-held passion for combining art and technology. These are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books. And they do it on a massive scale, meeting Apple’s high expectations with commitment to deliver a huge variety of entertainment in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries. The Media Services QA team is responsible for ensuring the end-to-end quality of Analytics offerings within Analytics & Data Engineering. In this role, you will support the Music Analytics vertical, leading a local team of Quality Engineers dedicated to testing and automating client metrics instrumentation, as well as overseeing quality and integrity of data ingestion, processing, aggregation pipelines, reports, and dashboards for both internal and external customers.
The Apple Music Analytics QA team is seeking a highly organized and motivated Quality Manager to support one of the fastest growing areas of Apple. We are looking for candidates with a strong background in data analytics and quality assurance. You will collaborate with ADE engineering, Client engineering, Project managers and Data science teams to deliver high-quality features and services to Apple Music customers. You will lead a team that is instrumental in delivering high quality releases of analytics data pipelines from client to server, responsible for testing and automation of Analytics features end to end.
- Manage a team of Automation engineers dedicated to ensuring high-quality releases of Apple Music Analytics Data from Client to Server
- Oversee all Quality Assurance processes, including test planning, estimation, execution, and automation to guarantee timely delivery on our commitments
- Perform technical analysis and functional qualification of new analytics features integration on various client platforms and backend pipelines
- Create and execute test plans, test cases, and test strategy for data validation and comparisons, and testing of client instrumentation and downstream data aggregates and reports
- Design and develop new internal tools and testing frameworks, and maintain existing automation to guarantees reliable end-to-end automation coverage
- Provide timely and accurate QA status and progress updates during all testing phases
- Act as a strong advocate for quality in the software development process
- Computer Science degree or equivalent relevant experience
- In-depth knowledge and experience in one or more of the following technologies: Python, SQL, Swift, XCTest/XCUI, Java
- Knowledge and experience with Spark, Hadoop, Kafka or other distributed systems a big plus
- Experience leading or strong demonstrated readiness to lead a QA team
- Experience managing or coordinating projects and processes cross-functionally
- Comfortable working in a continually changing and dynamic environment and driving top issues to resolution
- Self-motivated and must be able to grasp issues quickly and make educated, critical decisions in the absence of complete requirements
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Strong leadership capabilities and experience in mentoring and developing team members are essential
- Expertise in test automation architecture, test planning, execution, and triage across multiple platforms
- Strong presentation skills, capable of distilling complex analyses and concepts into concise, business-focused insights