Quality Engineer, Tools and Automation

AppleUnited StatesOn-siteFull-timeJunior, 1–2 yearsListed 2 months ago

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About this role

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Automation & AI Engineer to join our Quality Engineering team, bringing deep expertise in backend and services testing with cutting-edge knowledge of LLMs, AI agents, and intelligent pipelines.

This dual-impact role requires a strong individual contributor who can independently architect world-class test automation systems while collaborating cross-functionally with engineering and project management teams.

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and bug reporting skills, with the ability to manage a high volume of changes and reduce manual testing effort through intelligent automation.

Day to day, this role involves bug reporting and isolation, test plan documentation, and writing test case automation — done in close collaboration with engineering and program management. Work spans CI/CD pipelines and web service testing to qualify enterprise-grade, customer-facing releases across a high volume of changes.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
5+ years of experience in test automation
Experience with API/server-side 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 (e.g., OpenAI, Gemini, or on-device models)
Experience with automation tools/test frameworks (Gradle, Maven, JUnit)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with UI automation frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, or Appium
Experience building RAG pipelines and integrating vector databases
Hands-on experience integrating LLM APIs and AI/ML models into QA workflows
Experience with Kubernetes/Docker
Contributions to open-source test automation or AI projects
2+ years of experience in AI engineering or QE tooling
Experience qualifying enterprise-grade, customer-facing releases under CI/CD
Experience collaborating cross-functionally with engineering and program management to drive quality outcomes