Apple
Sr. Tools & Automation Engineer
$145K–$264K
Cupertino, California · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years in test automation, software development in test, or quality engineering.
- Education
- BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Build and evolve scalable test automation frameworks, tools, and infrastructure for iCloud products across Apple platforms and the web, using AI to improve testing workflows.
What you'll do
- Lead quality efforts and design automation solutions to address test execution challenges.
- Analyze codebases and identify opportunities to improve tools and automation.
- Apply AI to enhance existing tools and daily productivity.
What they ask for
- 4+ years of experience in test automation, software development in test, or quality engineering.
- Strong programming skills in Python, Swift, or a comparable language, with a record of building and maintaining production-quality automation code.
- Experience designing automated test frameworks and tools, writing test plans, and creating automated UI tests with XCTest, WebDriver, or equivalent tools.
- Understanding of software development lifecycle, testing methodologies, QA processes, CI systems, and test infrastructure.
Nice to have
- Experience leading cross-functional quality projects or owning automation end to end; mentoring engineers or setting technical direction.
- Experience integrating LLMs or agentic workflows into developer and QA tooling, using AI coding assistants, or building internal developer tools and test infrastructure.
Pay
$144,600 and $263,800 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Swift, XCTest, WebDriver, CI systems, LLMs
AI focus
Apply AI to testing workflows and tools; preferred work includes LLM or agentic integrations for failure triage, test-case generation, and log or artifact analysis, and use of AI coding assistants.
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