Tools and Automation Engineer - UI Automation

We are looking for a technically strong and motivated Tools and Automation Engineer to join our iCloud QA team. You will work closely with engineering teams to design, build, and maintain automation frameworks with a strong focus on UI automation and testing.

This role is ideal for someone with 2-3 years of experience who is ready to grow beyond traditional QA and make a deep technical impact. Hands-on experience leveraging AI for test authoring and failure triage is a must.

An ideal candidate is someone who is no stranger to evolving business needs and can adapt to new directions in a heartbeat. You have a good blend of manual testing and automation, are creative, can invent new ways to analyze, and foresee better products.

Description

In this position, you have the opportunity to collaborate with multi-functional engineering teams that design and build core backend systems that power next generation Apple Cloud products. You accept a high level of accountability to ensure that the Apple Cloud Product's experience on OS X and iOS is second to none.

Responsibilities:

Design and build scalable UI automation frameworks for iOS, macOS, and Web applications

- Write and maintain automated UI tests across multiple platforms

Leverage AI assisted tooling to author, generate, and improve automated tests

Use AI driven workflows for failure triage, root cause analysis, and test signal improvement

Collaborate with development teams to ensure testability and quality of new features

Build and maintain internal tools and utilities that support test execution and automation workflows

Contribute to CI/CD pipeline integration and test execution workflows

Investigate and triage automation failures with a strong debugging mindset

Support and document automation frameworks for use by broader QA teams

Preferred Qualifications

Experience testing on Apple platforms (iOS, macOS)

Experience contributing to or enhancing shared automation tooling and libraries

Experience building agentic or AI driven workflows for test automation or quality engineering

Strong communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional team environments

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic engineering environment

Minimum Qualifications

2-3 years of experience in tools and automation engineering, test automation, or software engineering with a QA focus

Strong hands-on experience with UI automation using tools such as XCTest, Selenium, Appium, or WebDriver

Proficiency in Python and Swift

Hands-on experience using AI tooling for test authoring and automated failure triage

Experience building and maintaining internal tooling to support automation workflows

Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD systems

Solid debugging and analytical skills

BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience