Quality Engineer, Tools and Automation

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$166,600–$250,700 / yr
Posted
57 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $159k
This role $209k
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This role pays more than 86% of similar roles. Most pay $128,250–$188,887 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $209k versus about $159k for comparable roles.

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About Apple Inc

Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

Apple Inc currently has 1984 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Quality Engineer, Tools and Automation

As a Quality Engineer, Tools and Automation, you will join the Quality Engineering team as a senior individual contributor focused on backend and services testing. You will architect, build, and maintain scalable UI and API test automation frameworks for web, REST/GraphQL, microservices, and backend systems while managing bug reporting, isolation, and test plan documentation. The role involves integrating LLMs, ML models, and RAG pipelines into QA workflows to automate defect triage, perform log analysis, and enhance coverage across distributed systems. You will work with tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Gradle, Maven, and JUnit, utilizing Java and SQL to qualify enterprise-grade, customer-facing releases within CI/CD pipelines. Your work addresses the challenge of reducing manual testing effort through intelligent automation while modernizing the toolchain for high-volume changes in complex software environments.

What you'll do

  • Architect and maintain scalable UI and API test automation frameworks using tools like Selenium or Playwright.
  • Integrate LLMs and ML techniques into QA workflows for defect triage, log analysis, and failure classification.
  • Build and maintain API, contract, performance, and reliability test suites across distributed systems.
  • Apply AI/ML models to expand test coverage and surface automated quality insights.
  • Evaluate and integrate emerging AI tools to modernize the existing QA toolchain.
  • Isolate and report bugs while documenting comprehensive test plans for enterprise-grade releases.
  • Develop automated test cases within CI/CD pipelines to reduce manual testing effort.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in test automation.
  • Experience programming in a high-level language such as Java.
  • Experience with databases and SQL.
  • Experience creating test plans and QA processes.
  • Experience with prompt engineering, model fine-tuning, or integrating LLM APIs.
  • Experience with automation tools and frameworks like Gradle, Maven, and JUnit.
  • Experience with API/server-side automation and UI automation frameworks like Selenium or Playwright.

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