Machine Translation Quality Engineer

Seattle Until 9/22/2026 5+ years exp First posted July 24, 2026 Last posted July 24, 2026
Job description

Would you like to play a critical part in the next revolution of human-computer interaction? The Apple Machine Translation team is building groundbreaking technology that enables connecting people across language barriers. We are looking for an experienced Quality Engineer/SDET to own the test automation strategy for Apple’s Translate app and client products.

Description

Apple's Machine Translation is embedded into several products across the iOS, iPadOS, macOS and watchOS ecosystems: from Translate App that is used to communicate across different languages, to Safari full webpage translation, to system-wide translation that allows you to quickly translate any highlighted text into over 20 languages.

In this role, you’ll be directly responsible for Machine Translation’s client features and test automation. You’ll be collaborating closely with product engineering and modeling teams in order to come up with the right functional and non-functional test plans along with developing the automation and frameworks to validate our releases meet the highest standards of quality.

Minimum Qualifications

5+ years of experience in software testing with strong focus on test automation
Fluency in Swift, Java, or other object-oriented programming languages
Experience client-side and UI testing using technologies like XCTest, XCUITest, or equivalent
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with developing mobile test automation and frameworks
Deep understanding of development lifecycles, testing methodologies, QA processes
Proven experience in software QA creating test plans for new products and features
Excellent communication skills are a requirement due to the high level of interaction with engineering teams, management, and other organizations within Apple

About this role

Summary

Own test automation strategy for Apple's translation app and client products.

Job title

Machine Translation Quality Engineer

Experience level

5+ years

Minimum experience

5+ years exp

Industry

technology

Location requirements

Seattle-based with remote flexibility

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

software testingtest automationswiftjavaxctestui testing

Preferred skills

mobile test automationdevelopment lifecyclestest planscommunication

Specializations

test automationmobile testingui testingframeworks
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Seattle, WA, USA

Hybrid City