SDET: AI-Driven Web & API Test Automation Engineer

Apple Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,400 - 225,300; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test to design and scale automation for web applications and APIs. You will own automation modules, integrate with CI/CD workflows, and explore AI-assisted quality techniques to drive smarter test generation and faster failure analysis.

You’ll collaborate with SDETs and QA Engineers to improve reliability and provide actionable quality insights, enabling high-impact releases to millions of users worldwide.

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a technical field or a minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain test frameworks that scale across large, content-rich applications.
• Build and maintain test automation across web applications and services for reliability and maintainability.
• Collaborate with SDETs and Quality Engineers to follow framework standards and ensure portability across teams.
• Partner with engineers building AI-powered QE tools to apply LLM-based approaches to test generation and failure analysis.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript proficiency

Test automation

QA collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Playwright

WebdriverIO

XCUITest

REST/GraphQL testing

CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions/Jenkins/Harness)

Job description

Apple Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test to design and scale automation for web applications and APIs. You will own automation modules, integrate with CI/CD workflows, and explore AI-assisted quality techniques to drive smarter test generation and faster failure analysis.

You’ll collaborate with SDETs and QA Engineers to improve reliability and provide actionable quality insights, enabling high-impact releases to millions of users worldwide.