Big Data QA Engineer - Backend & Automation

Apple Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 251,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Seattle, WA seeks a seasoned test automation engineer for the App Store Analytics Quality Engineering team. You will build automated validation frameworks for data pipelines, backend and frontend services using Python or Java, and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines.

The role emphasizes shift-left quality across ingestion, transformation, reporting and UI layers. You’ll collaborate with data, engineering and program management to define strategies, validate large-scale

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar fields.
• 7+ years industry experience in a similar role.
• Strong proficiency in Python and/or Java for backend, frontend, data pipeline test automation.
• Working knowledge of SQL and large-scale dataset validation across distributed storage or data lake environments.
• Experience with REST API testing and test automation.
• Experience with UI testing and test automation.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and continuous testing frameworks.
• Proven experience implementing Shift-Left testing practices and embedding automation early in the SDLC.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain automated validation frameworks for data pipelines, backend and frontend App Analytics.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to ensure continuous validation, early defect detection, and continuous deployment.
• Validate data pipelines built on Spark, Kafka, Flink, Hive, Hadoop, and Iceberg, ensuring correctness, completeness, and performance.
• Develop scalable utilities for schema validation, data comparison, and regression checks across distributed datasets.
• Conduct functional, regression, and data integrity testing across multiple storage and compute layers.
• Build monitoring and alerting mechanisms for pipeline health and data quality KPIs.
• Investigate, isolate, and debug complex data issues across client, backend, and frontend layer.
• Design and document test strategies, automation architecture, and validation reports.
• Partner with data, backend, and frontend engineers to shift quality left by embedding testability into data workflows, APIs, and UI early in the development lifecycle.
• Leverage GenAI to improve testing efficiency and effectiveness.

Skills

Python

Java

API testing

UI testing

CI/CD

Shift-Left

Data testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar fields

Tools

Spark

Kafka

Flink

Hadoop

Hive

Iceberg

Docker

Kubernetes

Postman

Charles Proxy

Job description

Apple Inc. in Seattle, WA seeks a seasoned test automation engineer for the App Store Analytics Quality Engineering team. You will build automated validation frameworks for data pipelines, backend and frontend services using Python or Java, and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines.

The role emphasizes shift-left quality across ingestion, transformation, reporting and UI layers. You’ll collaborate with data, engineering and program management to define strategies, validate large-scale