# Senior QA Automation Engineer

**Company:** [Tulip](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/tulip)
**Location:** Budapest, Hungary
**Role:** QA Engineering
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Cypress, TypeScript, JavaScript, Api Testing, Postman, CI/CD, Mabl, Momentic, Rainforest Qa, Claude, Playwright, Selenium, Python, Load Testing, Performance Testing
**Posted:** 2026-07-19

> The Senior QA Automation Engineer will own Cypress and TypeScript end-to-end automation, integrate testing into CI/CD, and lead exploratory and regression testing for a complex SaaS product. The role also drives AI-assisted quality practices, performance testing, and cross-functional quality initiatives.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

### Automation and Framework Ownership
- Own and evolve Tulip’s Cypress and TypeScript end-to-end automation framework, expanding coverage across critical product surfaces.
- Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to provide fast, reliable feedback loops for engineering teams.
- Research and implement load and performance testing strategies to ensure system reliability at scale.

### AI-Powered Quality
- Apply AI-assisted tools to accelerate test generation, triage failures, and improve coverage velocity.
- Identify opportunities to use AI for intelligent failure analysis, anomaly detection, and AI-assisted code review for test suites.
- Execute exploratory, regression, and manual tests on new features to build domain expertise and validate automation coverage.

### Technical Leadership and Cross-Functional Impact
- Mentor QA teammates on automation best practices, lead test plan reviews, and improve quality visibility across the organization.
- Lead cross-functional quality initiatives by coordinating with engineers across product teams, aligning on testing strategy, and driving projects from scoping through delivery.
- Advocate for quality in engineering planning, ensuring testability and quality standards are embedded early in the development process.

## Requirements
- 4–7+ years of QA experience, combining manual testing and automation.
- Hands-on expertise with Cypress and TypeScript or JavaScript automation frameworks.
- Solid experience with API testing tools such as Postman, ideally including automated API tests.
- Strong exploratory and manual testing skills for complex SaaS products.
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
- Hands-on experience using AI-powered tools such as Mabl, Momentic, Rainforest QA, or LLM-based assistants such as Claude to improve testing quality, efficiency, or coverage.
- Experience leading quality initiatives formally or informally, including framework migrations, rollouts, cross-team testing strategies, and alignment between QA and engineering.

## Nice to Have
- Experience designing or implementing performance and load testing strategies.
- Exposure to Playwright, Selenium, or Python.
- Interest in IoT technologies or embedded systems.
- Experience applying AI to intelligent failure triage, anomaly detection, or AI-assisted code review for test suites.

## Benefits
- Company equity.
- Private healthcare, learning and development benefits, and an eyeglass benefit.
- Flexible work schedule and unlimited vacation policy.
- Team lunches.
- Dog-friendly office.

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