# Staff Web Automation Engineer, Quality Engineering

**Company:** [Airbnb](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/airbnb)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** QA Engineering
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, JavaScript, Playwright, Cypress, Buildkite, Spinnaker, Jenkins, Git, CI/CD, Test Automation, Web Automation, Artificial Intelligence
**Posted:** 2026-07-17

> Leads web test automation and quality engineering across unit, service, integration, and end-to-end testing. Requires 8+ years of testing and automation experience, programming and scripting skills, web automation framework expertise, CI/CD integration experience, and a bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead the implementation of a test automation strategy covering the full testing pyramid: unit, service, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Build, maintain, and effectively use automated tests in collaboration with engineering teams to ensure robust coverage for features and releases.
- Improve existing automation frameworks to support new functionality and optimize quality and efficiency.
- Collaborate with CI/CD teams to integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
- Troubleshoot issues, isolate defects, and verify bug fixes found during testing and after release.
- Participate in design reviews and guide designs and code toward greater modularity and testability.
- Work with product management, development, and other quality engineering teams in a fast-paced environment.
- Leverage AI and tooling to improve quality engineering.

## Requirements
- 8+ years of industry experience in software testing and automation.
- Demonstrable knowledge of at least one programming language, such as TypeScript or JavaScript, and strong scripting skills.
- Strong knowledge of test automation methodologies, tools, and frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with web automation frameworks such as Playwright or Cypress.
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines such as Buildkite, Spinnaker, or Jenkins.
- Experience with version control systems such as Git.
- Excellent communication skills for facilitating cross-functional collaboration.
- Expertise developing solutions to ambiguous problems and integrations across multiple teams with significant impact.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent.

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