Software Engineer Tools and Framework - End-to-End

At Apple, we work every day to create products that enrich people's lives. Our Apple Ads group makes it possible for people around the world to easily access informative and imaginative content on their devices while helping publishers and developers promote and monetize their work. Our platforms are highly performant, deployed at scale, and set new standards for enabling effective advertising while protecting user privacy.\\n\\nWe are looking for a Software Development Engineer to join the Business Integration Testing team. You will lead end to end validation for Apple Ads and build tools and automation that improve quality, speed and developer productivity. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys blending strong software development skills with deep testing rigor and who is excited about applying AI to solve complex validation problems.

You will join the Business Integration Testing team that validates high impact advertising experiences across Apple Services. You will design the end to end strategy for ad validation, build AI driven automation and tools that reduce manual effort.\n\n In this role, you will:\n Build and extend end to end automation frameworks for ad delivery across web, mobile, and device platforms. \nDevelop tools for the full lifecycle validation from ad creation to ad rendering on device. \nEvaluate existing automation systems and introduce agent based and MCP driven solutions that use AI to accelerate test execution and reduce manual review. \nPartner with engineering teams across Apple Ads to define validation coverage, debug issues, and ensure high quality feature delivery.

5+ years experience in designing and maintaining test automation tools and frameworks for testing entire software application stack\nStrong coding skills in Python or Java, with the ability to build or extend test and automation frameworks\nAbility to stay updated on emerging technologies like AI/ML, Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agentic AI implementations and applying that to build tools that make tests smarter\nExperience building automation for end to end scenarios across web, mobile, or device platforms\nExperience with test frameworks such as Playwright or Selenium, with the ability to modify and improve framework design\nFamiliarity with iOS or mobile testing environments (Xcode, Simulators, XCTest, or XCUITest)\nStrong problem solving, debugging, and analytical skills\nAbility to learn new domains quickly and work in fast paced, ambiguous environments\nWorking knowledge on distributed computing systems Hadoop, HDFS and Hive.\nGood understanding of database connectivity and data access, connecting to data sources and SQL, understanding of REST API.\nExcellent communication skills and ability to work cross functionally with engineering teams

Familiarity with AI agent based or MCP based architectures and interest in building agent driven automation flows\nExperience with REST API testing and data validation using tools such as Postman\nExperience with SQL and basic understanding of data pipelines or streaming systems such as Kafka or Spark\nBackground in advertising technology or familiarity with the ad serving ecosystem.