SDET for Enterprise PLM Platform — Scale & Impact

Apple Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) for Enterprise Technology Services in Austin, Texas.

The role focuses on delivering a next‑generation PLM platform that enables product innovation across hardware, software, and services, with a strong emphasis on test automation and reliability. The candidate should have extensive experience with TypeScript, API testing, Playwright, CI/CD, and distributed systems, and must collaborate with stakeholders to ensure high-quality

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in quality assurance or software engineering.
• Proficient in developing test plans and automation strategies for intricate full-stack applications.
• Experience testing and automating enterprise applications such as Siemens Teamcenter or an equivalent PLM system.
• Hands‑on experience automating and testing asynchronous and distributed systems.
• Strong programming ability in TypeScript — typed interfaces and generics, async/await, clean code practices, code review, and Git-based workflows.
• Experience with API and contract testing (REST/SOAP, JSON/XML) using Playwright's API request client, Postman/Insomnia, or equivalent, including JSON Schema validation.
• Working knowledge of SQL for test data setup and backend verification.
• Experience integrating automated test suites into a CI/CD pipeline.

Skills

TypeScript

API testing

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Java

SQL

Playwright

Postman

Insomnia

Kafka

Git

Teamcenter/ITK

Tools

Playwright

Postman

Insomnia

PostgreSQL

Oracle

Git

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) for Enterprise Technology Services in Austin, Texas.

The role focuses on delivering a next‑generation PLM platform that enables product innovation across hardware, software, and services, with a strong emphasis on test automation and reliability. The candidate should have extensive experience with TypeScript, API testing, Playwright, CI/CD, and distributed systems, and must collaborate with stakeholders to ensure high-quality