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 maintain 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 across cross-functional teams and design automation solutions for test execution challenges.
- Analyze codebases and improve automation tools and infrastructure.
- Apply AI to improve 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 and building automated test frameworks and tools, and writing test plans and automated UI tests with XCTest, WebDriver, or equivalent tools.
- Experience with CI systems and test infrastructure; solid understanding of software development lifecycle, testing methodologies, and QA processes.
Nice to have
- Experience leading quality for cross-functional projects or owning automation end to end; mentoring engineers or setting technical direction.
- Experience with LLMs or agentic workflows in developer and QA tooling, AI coding assistants, internal developer tools, or test infrastructure.
Pay
$144,600 and $263,800 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Swift, XCTest, WebDriver, iOS, macOS, LLMs
AI focus
Apply AI to testing workflows and tools, including potential failure triage, test-case generation, log and artifact analysis, and AI-assisted test authoring and debugging.
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