Apple

Staff Tools Engineer - Intelligent Productivity and Automation - Ads Platform

Apple$150K — $180K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS in Computer Science or related field
  • 10+ years of experience in scalable test automation and QE strategy
  • Proficiency in Python or Java with modern automation frameworks
  • Experience with mobile testing ecosystems like iOS/XCTest/XCUITest
  • Expertise in debugging complex systems and validating APIs

Responsibilities

  • Build AI/LLM-powered internal tools for product signal understanding and risk detection
  • Unify fragmented solutions into a single intelligence layer integrated with a validation platform
  • Replace bespoke tooling with a scalable ecosystem accessible through prompts and APIs
  • Drive clarity in complex problem spaces and influence cross-functional teams
  • Implement intelligent automation processes and self-service developer workflows

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work at Apple Ads on cutting-edge tools
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams in a high-impact role
  • Engage in meaningful projects with the potential for significant influence
  • Build and enhance platforms within a leading technology organization
  • Access to advanced technologies and frameworks for professional growth
Full Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Tools Engineer to help build intelligent internal platforms, automation frameworks, and developer tools that improve quality, and engineering productivity across Apple Ads.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building AI/LLM-powered internal tooling and automation systems across mobile, backend, API, and data platform ecosystems. The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering fundamentals with experience building scalable automation, developer infrastructure, and full-stack engineering platforms.

Description

In this role, you will help build AI/LLM-powered internal tools that help to continuously understand signals across products, detecting risk patterns early, and enabling autonomous validation and recovery workflows. You will work on unifying fragmented solutions across multiple Apple Ads business lines into a single intelligence layer integrated with a unified validation platform, replacing bespoke tooling with a scalable and adaptive ecosystem accessible through prompts, APIs, and MCP servers. This role is focused on leveraging existing AI models and platforms to build intelligent internal developer tools rather than developing or training AI/ML models. We are looking for candidates who can operate effectively in ambiguous environments, drive clarity across complex problem spaces, and influence cross-functional teams through strong technical leadership and excellent communication skills, including experience partnering with senior engineers and engineering leadership.

Minimum Qualifications

BS in Computer Science or related field.

10+ years of experience building scalable test automation frameworks and leading QE strategy across complex distributed systems spanning web, mobile, APIs, and data platforms

Strong programming expertise in Python or Java, with deep experience in modern automation frameworks such as Playwright or Selenium, mobile testing ecosystems including iOS/XCTest/XCUITest, and distributed systems such as Hadoop, Hive, and HDFS

Proven ability to drive adoption of emerging technologies such as AI/LLMs, MCP, and agentic systems to enable intelligent automation and self-serve developer workflows

Expertise in debugging complex system-level issues, validating APIs and data pipelines, and driving root cause analysis across integrated services and platforms

Demonstrated ability to influence engineering standards, operate effectively in ambiguous environments, and collaborate with senior engineers and engineering leadership across cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications

MS preferred

Experience designing AI driven or agent based automation systems, including MCP aligned architectures

Experience building scalable validation strategies for data platforms, including streaming systems (Kafka, Spark)

Strong background in API testing, data validation, and building self service QE platforms

Experience in advertising technology or similar large scale, high complexity ecosystems

Proven track record of leading cross org initiatives and driving alignment across multiple teams

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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154,000 employees
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Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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