Quality Engineer, Rights & Pricing

Apple, Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple, Inc. Cupertino-based team seeks a hands-on Quality Engineer to validate backend services, APIs, and pricing workflows across Apple Services. You will contribute to test planning, exploratory testing, automation development, and release validation for large-scale distributed systems.

The ideal candidate has a strong technical foundation, experience with Python and REST APIs, and a pragmatic approach to delivering high-quality software with measurable impact on customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 to 5 years of professional experience in software quality engineering or QA automation.
• Proficiency in Python or another modern OO language and ability to write readable test code.

Responsibilities

• Execute functional, integration, regression, and exploratory testing for backend services, APIs, and pricing workflows.
• Develop and maintain automated tests and test utilities for backend systems.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product partners to understand requirements and define coverage strategies.
• Debug failures across APIs, services, and test environments and document findings.

Skills

Python

REST APIs

CI/CD

Test automation

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Postman

curl

pytest

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Cupertino, California, United States Software and Services

The Rights & Pricing engineering team provides the Apple Services platform for distribution rights by country, calculation and management of prices including retail, offers, wholesale, and tax. The Pricing QA team ensures the quality, reliability, and scalability of complex backend pricing systems that power Apple Services across multiple products and regions. We are looking for a highly skilled and hands‑on Quality Engineer who is passionate about delivering high-quality software through strong technical depth, thoughtful test strategy, and scalable automation.

Description

In this role, you will work closely with Engineering, Product, and Quality teams to validate backend services, APIs, and pricing workflows across Apple Services. You will contribute to test planning, exploratory testing, automation development, and release validation while gaining experience working within large‑scale distributed systems. The ideal candidate has a strong technical foundation, curiosity to learn complex systems, and interest in building scalable automation solutions while maintaining a strong focus on customer impact and product quality.

Responsibilities

• Execute functional, integration, regression, and exploratory testing for backend services, APIs, and pricing workflows across Apple Services
• Develop and maintain automated tests and test utilities for backend systems, using maintainable, well‑structured code that integrates into shared test infrastructure
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product partners during feature design and development to understand requirements, identify testability gaps, and define coverage strategies
• Debug failures across APIs, services, log output, and test environments using structured diagnostic approaches, and document findings to support root cause resolution
• Contribute to CI/CD pipeline automation, including test integration, execution reporting, and release validation workflows
• Measure and improve test reliability, automation coverage, and execution efficiency using defined quality metrics
• Participate in test planning sessions, feature reviews, and quality discussions across the development lifecycle
• Evaluate and apply AI‑assisted testing tools (e.g., automated test case generation, coverage gap analysis) where they reduce manual overhead and accelerate feedback cycles
• Produce structured quality status updates, risk summaries, and release readiness assessments for engineering and cross‑functional stakeholders

Minimum Qualifications

• 1 to 5 years of professional experience in software quality engineering, QA automation, software testing, or a closely related software engineering discipline
• Programming proficiency in Python or another modern, object‑oriented language (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Go), with the ability to write readable, maintainable test code
• Demonstrated experience testing backend systems, REST APIs, or service integrations, including validation of response contracts, error handling, and data integrity
• Hands‑on experience writing and maintaining automated tests using a structured framework (e.g., pytest, JUnit, TestNG, or equivalent)
• Working familiarity with REST API concepts and tooling -- including HTTP methods, status codes, request/response structure, and tools such as Postman, curl, or equivalent
• Working familiarity with CI/CD pipeline concepts and how automated tests integrate into build and release workflows (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or equivalent)
• Ability to debug and investigate failures across application logic, API behavior, data state, and test infrastructure using logs, error output, and systematic isolation techniques
• Foundational understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies and how quality engineering activities map to design, development, and release phases
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with pytest or comparable backend automation frameworks, including fixture management, parameterization, and test organization patterns
• Experience validating complex business logic in pricing systems, financial workflows, transactional systems, or billing platforms -- including boundary condition and edge case analysis
• Experience with data validation and SQL, including querying databases to verify data accuracy, transformation correctness, and system‑of‑record consistency
• Familiarity with distributed systems or service‑oriented architectures, including an understanding of how failures propagate across service boundaries
• Familiarity with cloud and containerized environments such as AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, or Docker, particularly in the context of test environment setup and debugging
• Experience with observability and debugging tooling, including structured log analysis, metrics dashboards (e.g., Grafana, Datadog), or distributed tracing platforms
• Experience evaluating or applying AI‑assisted testing tools for use cases such as test case generation, anomaly detection, or coverage analysis
• Ability to communicate technical quality findings to both engineering and non‑engineering stakeholders, adapting level of detail and framing to the audience
• Experience contributing to test strategy documentation, including risk‑based test plans, coverage matrices, or release readiness checklists

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 $123,700 and $218,000, 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
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