Apple

UAT Automation Analyst

Apple$130K — $155K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8 to 11+ years of experience in Software Engineering or Automation focused on integrated backend systems.
  • 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams and managing resource capacity across timezones.
  • Expertise in Python for backend development and API integration.
  • Experience designing, building, and deploying internal tools and scalable automation frameworks.
  • Hands-on experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD tools like Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
  • Solid understanding of data structures and query optimization in various datastores.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and experience presenting technical concepts to large teams.

Responsibilities

  • Implement automation solutions and provide technical leadership to the automation team.
  • Collaborate with internal teams to improve quality and efficiency in operational workflows.
  • Build automated solutions for validating features and customer messaging.
  • Direct engineering execution and manage resource allocation across multiple timezones.
  • Oversee the development and deployment of automation frameworks and internal tools.
  • Define technical acceptance criteria and conduct performance reviews for team deliverables.
  • Strategically decide on balancing feature delivery with technical debt management.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and growth within the organization.
  • Collaborative work environment with teams across multiple timezones.
  • Access to cutting-edge tools and technologies for automation and development.
  • Potential for involvement in high-impact projects within the media and marketing sectors.
Full Job Description
The Central Marketing Operations Team plays a key role in enabling on-device communications and automated messaging for Apple's media products and services, including Apple TV, Music, Arcade, News+, Fitness+, App Store, and Apple One. The team is responsible for developing andimplementing day-to-day operational workflows and messaging, to develop and launch multi-channel customer communications. Ultimately driving awareness of and engagement with Apple products and services.

The Apple Central Marketing Operations team is seeking a self-motivated and curious automation professional who will take accountability for the implementation of automation solutions and provide technical leadership to a dynamic team of automation engineers. The UAT Automation Analyst will work collaboratively across multiple internal teams to execute and drive quality as well as efficiency across the operational workflows of Central Marketing. Building automated solutions to support the validation of features and customer messaging will be the core responsibility utilizing industry leading practices. If you are an automation professional and have a passion forquality and a drive to excel, we encourage you to apply!

Description

The ideal candidate will bring experience in online services, development of automation solutions, and design reviews of complex cross-functional initiatives across a highly matrixed organization. The ideal candidate can think strategically, execute flawlessly, and collaborate effectively with our Business and Engineering partners. The candidate will direct engineering execution, manage resource capacity, and lead distributed teams across multiple timezones. This role requires a highly motivated professional who is meticulous and passionate about scaling Central Marketing platforms and growing Apple Services.

Minimum Qualifications

8 to 11+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Platform Development, or Automation with a focus on integrated backend systems.

3+ years of direct experience leading engineering teams, managing resource capacity, and delegating work across multiple timezones.

Demonstrated expertise in Python for backend development, API integration, and system automation.

Proven track record of designing, building, and deploying internal tools, scalable automation frameworks, and data validation systems.

Strong hands-on experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions) to automate build and deployment workflows.

Solid understanding of data structures, relational and non-relational datastores, and query optimization.

Experience managing team delivery, setting technical acceptance criteria, and conducting performance reviews.

Proactive and self-starting attitude with excellent interpersonal skills and experience presenting to large teams and executives.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with full-stack development, including user interface frameworks (e.g., ReactJS) for internal portals and dashboards.

Experience supporting a broadly scoped marketing organization, central to operations; campaign management platforms; or ad technologies.

Hands-on experience with containerization and cloud orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

Familiarity with AI-driven workflows, machine learning evaluation pipelines, or automated test data generation.

Proven ability to balance new feature delivery with technical debt refactoring and operational maintenance.

Curious mindset with an ability to condense complex concepts into clear and concise action items.

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.

Apple Careers

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Learn more about Apple
Size
154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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