Senior Test Automation Engineer – AI/ML & Distributed Systems

Apple Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 263,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Employee stock programs

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Seattle, WA seeks an experienced QA/Automation Engineer to design and maintain automation tests for backend services and ML pipelines.

You will collaborate across teams to implement best practices, quality gates, and CI/CD processes, while mentoring juniors and driving improvements in large-scale distributed data systems. The role offers opportunities in AI/ML testing, with Apple’s comprehensive benefits and stock programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field; 5+ years of software development/testing experience.
• Master’s degree preferred for advanced roles; 3+ years minimum implied in description.
• Experience designing and implementing testing frameworks for distributed systems including backend APIs and data processing.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain automation tests and testing frameworks for backend services and ML pipelines.
• Analyze and implement best practices for coding guidelines, quality gates, and CI/CD processes.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to drive QA practices and improve productivity and quality.
• Identify inefficiencies in architecture and processes; drive improvements with built-in quality and continuous testing.
• Mentor junior team members in testing and tooling.

Skills

Java

Python

Distributed systems

QA automation

Testing frameworks

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

JUnit

TestNG

Selenium

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Apple Inc. in Seattle, WA seeks an experienced QA/Automation Engineer to design and maintain automation tests for backend services and ML pipelines.

You will collaborate across teams to implement best practices, quality gates, and CI/CD processes, while mentoring juniors and driving improvements in large-scale distributed data systems. The role offers opportunities in AI/ML testing, with Apple’s comprehensive benefits and stock programs.