Automation Engineer, Quality Engineering

Join Airbnb as an Automation Engineer in Quality Engineering, where you'll leverage AI to enhance software quality and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure robust test coverage. Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

• •Build, maintain, and effectively utilize automated tests.
• •Collaborate closely with engineering teams to ensure robust test coverage for features and releases.
• •Actively participate in the continuous improvement of testing processes.
• •Contribute to improving existing automation frameworks to support new functionalities and optimize quality and efficiency.
• •Collaborate with CI/CD team to integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring thorough test coverage at every stage of development.
• •Demonstrate excellent troubleshooting abilities, isolate issues, and verify bug fixes.
• •Debug issues found during testing and after release.
• •Be a player of our high-performance team to ensure code quality, commitment to craft and operational excellence.
• •Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, development, and other QE teams, in a fast-paced environment with short release cycles.
• •Learn and apply AI-assisted tooling (LLMs) to accelerate test creation and maintenance.

• •Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions.
• •All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: [email protected]. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process. We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.

• •1–2 years of experience in software development or test automation. Recent grads with relevant internship or project experience are welcome.
• •Foundational knowledge of at least one programming language (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Kotlin, Swift, or Java).
• •Some exposure to writing automated tests or working with a testing framework (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Espresso, XCUITest) — through work, internships, or personal projects.
• •Understanding of basic testing concepts, and eagerness to learn the testing pyramid, CI/CD, and quality best practices.
• •Curiosity about applying AI/LLMs to testing and developer productivity.
• •Comfortable collaborating in English.
• •Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent.