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Software Development Engineer in Test, International QA (Japan)

Apple· Software and Services
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Minato, Tokyo-to, Japanfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Public-facing role within Apple’s International QA team focused on testing and automation for the Japan market. Build test systems, tools, and AI-powered automation to scale coverage and validation of features, while ensuring native user experience for Japan customers.

Responsibilities

  • Automate testing of new and existing features across Apple's software platforms for the Japan market
  • Develop automation frameworks and tools that validate IME (Input Method Editor), regulatory compliance, and region-specific behaviors
  • Execute hands-on testing to validate functional quality and native user experience for Japan customers
  • Partner with global Engineering and QA teams to represent the Japan customer experience throughout the product lifecycle
  • Contribute reusable automation patterns and tooling back to the broader International QA organization
  • Use AI coding tools to accelerate framework development, generate test cases, and scale coverage beyond what manual testing alone can achieve

Qualifications

  • Working proficiency with generative AI coding tools like Claude Code, Copilot, or Cursor to build test automation
  • Experience developing and executing test plans, with a focus on building frameworks and tools that unlock testing approaches not possible or practical to do manually
  • Detail-oriented, with a strong sense of ownership over quality and native user experience
  • Business-level fluency in Japanese and English — able to represent Japan-market context to global stakeholders and collaborate with English-speaking engineering and QA teams worldwide
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and proven experience building automation frameworks in Python, Swift, Objective-C, or similar — data structures, OOP, test scripting, and CI/CD pipelines
  • Comfortable working independently in a lean, distributed team across time zones
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • 3–6 years of experience in software test engineering, SDET, automation engineering, or a related discipline
  • Deep expertise with generative AI coding tools
  • Experience evaluating and adopting new tools, languages, or automation frameworks to improve testing efficiency
  • Familiarity with Japan's market and regulatory landscape
  • Working knowledge of localization and internationalization testing (IME input, date/currency formatting, CJK rendering)

Skills

Required:Generative AI coding toolsTest automation frameworksPythonCI/CD
Nice to have:Swift/Objective-CLocalization and internationalization testing
Last updated Jul 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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