Tools & Automation Backend Quality Engineer, App Store Analytics

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$137,500–$250,700 / yr
Posted
6 days ago
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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

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TL;DR · Tools & Automation Backend Quality Engineer, App Store Analytics

The Tools & Automation Backend Quality Engineer – App Store Analytics joins the App Store Analytics Quality Engineering team to ensure the accuracy and integrity of customer experience data. You will drive quality for large-scale distributed data systems by designing and maintaining automated validation frameworks for data pipelines, backend services, and frontend UI dashboards. Your daily work involves integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, implementing shift-left testing principles, and validating data flows across iOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and Web platforms. You will utilize Java, Python, SQL, and Big Data technologies including Spark, Kafka, Flink, Hadoop, Hive, and Iceberg. Key responsibilities include developing utilities for schema validation, debugging complex data issues, and leveraging GenAI to improve testing efficiency across the entire data lifecycle.

What you'll do

  • Design and maintain automated validation frameworks for data pipelines, backend services, and frontend analytics.
  • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to ensure continuous feedback and early defect detection.
  • Validate data pipelines built on Spark, Kafka, Flink, Hive, Hadoop, and Iceberg for correctness and performance.
  • Develop scalable utilities for schema validation, data comparison, and regression checks across distributed datasets.
  • Build monitoring and alerting mechanisms to track pipeline health and data quality KPIs.
  • Investigate, isolate, and debug complex data issues across client, backend, and frontend layers.
  • Embed testability into data workflows, APIs, and UI dashboards by partnering with engineering teams to shift quality left.
  • Leverage GenAI to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of testing processes.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a similar field.
  • At least 7+ years of industry experience in a similar role.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and/or Java for backend, frontend, and data pipeline test automation.
  • Working knowledge of SQL and large-scale dataset validation across distributed storage or data lake environments.
  • Experience with REST API testing and UI testing and test automation.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and continuous testing frameworks.
  • Proven experience implementing Shift-Left testing practices and embedding automation early in the SDLC.
  • Hands-on experience with Big Data frameworks (Spark, Kafka, Flink, Hadoop, Hive, Iceberg) (preferred).

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