Full-Time

Quality Engineer

Apple

Apple

10,001+ employees

Designs and sells hardware and software

No salary listed

Cork, Ireland

In Person

Bachelor's, Master's

Category
QA & Testing (1)
Required Skills
LLM
Agile
Software Testing
Machine Learning
JIRA
iOS/Swift
Playwright
Selenium
Data Analysis

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Requirements
  • Experience in software engineering, quality engineering, or application operations as part of a team and understanding of software development lifecycle and agile/sprint-based delivery processes.
  • Experience testing AI applications, evaluating model outputs, performing basic prompt engineering, and automating data validation.
  • Experience with manual testing, User Acceptance Testing, regression testing, and exploratory testing.
  • Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • Proficiency in testing and operations within Apple platforms, including macOS and iOS.
  • Expertise in continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines and release management processes.
  • Experience with test automation frameworks such as XCTest, XCUITest, Selenium, and Playwright.
  • Experience in AI prompt engineering.
  • Exposure to native application development in Swift or SwiftUI.
  • Experience in customer-facing or support roles that required escalation management.
  • Familiarity with Jira, Radar, or analogous issue-tracking systems for sprint and release management.
Responsibilities
  • Drive quality engineering through internal testing, including User Acceptance Testing.
  • Design and generate realistic synthetic datasets, including adversarial and edge-case scenarios, that closely resemble real-world user interactions, prompts, and response patterns to support comprehensive project testing.
  • Systematically review AI-generated outputs against a defined evaluation rubric to identify fabricated facts, invented references, non-existent entities, and unsupported claims.
  • Analyse evaluation data to identify recurring failure patterns, quality degradation trends, and areas of improvement across model versions and product domains.
  • Generate actionable insights from validation results to prioritize model retraining efforts and prompt refinement.
  • Design and build end-to-end automated evaluation pipelines that streamline the validation workflow, from input ingestion and response evaluation to scoring and reporting.
  • Integrate LLM-as-a-judge frameworks and custom evaluation models into the automation pipeline to enable consistent, repeatable, and scalable quality assessments as part of the continuous integration and continuous delivery pipeline.
  • Implement alerting and monitoring mechanisms within the AI automation framework to detect quality drops in real time and trigger escalation workflows.
  • Partner with machine learning engineers, prompt engineers, product teams, and content/legal teams to align evaluation standards with business goals and compliance requirements.
  • Maintain documentation of technical processes, systems, and troubleshooting.
  • Build relationships with internal business partners to understand their needs and advocate for their experience.

Apple designs, manufactures, and sells hardware and software across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV, plus services like the App Store, Apple Music, iCloud, and Apple Pay. The products work together through an integrated ecosystem where devices run Apple’s own operating systems and sync data via iCloud, delivering a seamless user experience. It differentiates itself by controlling both hardware and software end-to-end, maintaining a unified design, and expanding services and spatial computing. Its goal is to provide a cohesive, high-quality experience across devices while growing services revenue and expanding its ecosystem.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Cupertino, California

Founded

1976

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Reuters reported July 30, 2026 revenue of $109.42 billion, up 16.4%.
  • September 2026 Duo launch opens a new premium category and upgrade cycle.
  • IDC expects Apple to capture 40% of foldable shipments by end-2027.

What critics are saying

  • DOJ's March 2024 monopoly case and Epic proceedings threaten App Store economics in 2026.
  • EU General Court's July 2026 ruling keeps Apple trapped under DMA gatekeeper restrictions.
  • Foldable Duo's $1,999 price risks niche adoption and margin pressure against Samsung.

What makes Apple unique

  • Apple's 2026 iPhone Duo and A20 Pro deepen ecosystem lock-in across devices.
  • John Ternus' September 2026 debut signaled faster hardware iteration and tighter AI integration.
  • Apple's custom chips and C2 modem reduce Qualcomm dependence and strengthen margins.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Tuition Reimbursement

Performance Bonus

Relocation Assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

-6%
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The Register
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Sep 10th, 2026
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Business Insider
Sep 10th, 2026
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