Software Development Engineer in Test,Retail and Marcom Engineering

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

Software Development Engineer in Test, Retail and Marcom Engineering

Sunnyvale, California, United States - Software and Services

Marcom is the creatively-led global team that oversees Apple’s consumer-facing marketing. We ensure the flawless development and execution of world-class communications across all media and platforms. The Marcom Quality Engineering team is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test to build and scale test automation and quality capabilities for web applications and APIs. In this role, you will develop maintainable automation frameworks, help improve CI signal quality, and partner with engineers exploring AI/LLM-assisted approaches for smarter test generation, faster failure analysis, and actionable quality insights—supporting reliable, high-impact releases to millions of users worldwide.

Description

As a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), you will help build and maintain scalable, high-confidence test automation across web applications and APIs. This role spans test frameworks, CI/CD workflows, and quality-enabling tooling, with opportunities to apply AI/LLM-assisted techniques. You’ll own discrete automation modules and CI integrations end-to-end, improving reliability and time-to-signal.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain test frameworks that scale across large, content-rich applications, ensuring test results are trustworthy and actionable.
• Build and maintain test automation across web applications and services, ensuring reliability and long-term maintainability across diverse tracks of work.
• Collaborate with agency SDETs and Quality Engineers, to follow framework standards, contribute reusable modules, and ensure work remains portable and operable across changing vendor teams.
• Partner with engineers building AI-powered QE tools to apply LLM-based approaches to test generation, failure analysis, and quality insights.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a technical field or a minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience.
• Proficiency in Node.js/TypeScript with hands-on experience building or maintaining web test automation and related tooling; some experience using Python for scripting or data-related tasks is a plus.
• Experience testing web applications using modern automation frameworks such as Playwright, WebdriverIO, or XCUITest, including practices for scalable, reliable, and maintainable test automation.
• Experience testing APIs, including RESTful and/or GraphQL services, with automated frameworks (e.g., TypeScript/Node.js, Java REST-assured, or Python)

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with AI-assisted quality techniques, such as using LLM-enabled tools for test generation, failure analysis, triage, or supporting CI/CD quality gates.
• Experience improving testability by partnering with software engineers and making deliberate choices around mocking, dependency management, and validating component and service interfaces.
• Experience working with CI/test infrastructure, including improving reliability and feedback speed (e.g., reducing infrastructure-related flakiness or job queue delays), or operating CI runners/executors using tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Harness.
• Experience with cross-platform automation (web, native, APIs) and techniques to reduce test flakiness, improve time-to-signal, and increase result reliability.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical systems and tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity with deterministic test data strategies, including seeding known records, masked production subsets, synthetic or golden datasets, and versioning.
• Some exposure to working with agency or vendor SDETs, including contributing reusable code, adapting to shared standards, and ensuring automation remains portable across teams.

Compensation and Benefits

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 $150,400 and $225,300, 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.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.

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Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.