Early Career Software Engineer, Quality Engineering

The role

This role sits within the Quality Engineering group, which builds testing infrastructure and quality practices used across Airbnb's product engineering teams. The engineer works alongside feature teams to design testable systems, maintain automated suites, and improve how quality is measured and enforced across a large, globally used codebase.

What you would do

• Write, maintain, and apply automated tests covering features and release work
• Use AI-driven tooling to carry out a test automation strategy across unit, service, integration, and end-to-end layers
• Extend existing test frameworks to handle new functionality and improve speed and efficiency
• Connect automated suites to CI/CD pipelines so coverage holds at every development stage
• Troubleshoot failures, isolate root causes, and confirm fixes, including post-release defects
• Partner with product, development, and other QE groups during fast release cycles

What they asked for

• Up to two years of professional software engineering or testing experience
• Working knowledge of a web front-end language and comfort with a backend language such as Java, Kotlin, Python, or Go
• Solid grasp of test automation methods, tools, and frameworks
• Hands-on experience with browser automation tools such as Playwright or Cypress
• Experience wiring tests into CI/CD systems and using Git
• Understanding of quality metrics like coverage, flakiness, and suite runtime
• Strong written and verbal communication with cross-functional partners
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or an equivalent field

Nice to have

• Interest in applying AI and LLMs to testing and developer productivity
• Ability to work in English