Senior Automation Engineer, AI-Driven Testing

Apple Inc.; Cupertino, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Relocation

Education reimbursement

Medical and dental coverage

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California, seeks a Tools and Automation Engineer to build and evolve the test automation ecosystem for iCloud across iOS, macOS, and web.

You will design frameworks, tools, and infrastructure, applying AI to how tests are written, run, and triaged, and own end-to-end automation projects that scale with large systems. The ideal candidate is a strong software engineer with production-quality automation experience and the ability to collaborate across teams to raise

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in test automation, software development in test, or quality engineering.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Swift, or a comparable language.
• Proven track record of building and maintaining production-quality automation code.
• Experience designing and building automated test frameworks and tools, not only writing tests within existing ones.
• Experience writing test plans and creating automated UI tests with XCTest, WebDriver, or equivalent tools.
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle, testing methodologies, and QA processes.
• Experience working with CI systems and test infrastructure.
• Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate and triage difficult problems both independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality efforts across cross-functional teams.
• Identify automation requirements and design solutions to address test execution challenges.
• Analyze existing codebases and find opportunities for improvement.
• Leverage AI to enhance existing tools and daily productivity.

Skills

Test automation

Python

Swift

Automation frameworks

CI systems

XCTest

WebDriver

Education

BS in CS/CE

Tools

AI coding assistants

Test data services

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California, seeks a Tools and Automation Engineer to build and evolve the test automation ecosystem for iCloud across iOS, macOS, and web.

You will design frameworks, tools, and infrastructure, applying AI to how tests are written, run, and triaged, and own end-to-end automation projects that scale with large systems. The ideal candidate is a strong software engineer with production-quality automation experience and the ability to collaborate across teams to raise