Automation QA Engineer

Job description

⭐ **Who we are** Lodgify is a fast-growing scale-up company leading the vacation rental industry. Backed by $30M in funding, our platform empowers property owners and managers worldwide to efficiently manage and grow their business through technology. Headquartered in sunny Barcelona, we're now a team of 380+ people representing over 60 nationalities, united by a passion for transforming the future of short-term rentals. **⭐ Role Overview** We are looking for a**QA Automation Engineer** who combines strong technical expertise with a strategic mindset. You will be working hand-in-hand with developers to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle. With an **automation-first approach**, you will design scalable test frameworks, integrate AI-powered solutions, and drive initiatives that help us achieve **fully continuous delivery across multiple products**. You thrive in fast-paced, agile environments, are passionate about raising the quality bar, and constantly seek opportunities to optimise, innovate, and deliver impact. ### ⭐ How will you make an impact? - **Design, implement, and maintain automated test frameworks** at every layer of the application stack (API, contract, and end-to-end), ensuring tests are reliable, scalable, and maintainable - **Create automated functional tests** using Cypress, Playwright, WebdriverIO + Appium for web and mobile applications - **Collaborate with developers** to ensure testability and establish healthy automated test coverage across the software development lifecycle (SDLC) - **Evaluate and integrate AI-powered tools** for test generation, log analysis, self-healing test scripts, and visual regression testing into QA workflows - **Set up and manage test environments**, automation pipelines, and CI/CD job configurations to support continuous testing and delivery - **Develop and maintain test scripts and test data** for automated tests, following proper design principles, documentation standards, and code quality practices - **Act as an automation advocate** across sprint planning, code reviews, and release cycles, ensuring quality is integrated from the start - **Monitor production systems** and user behavior to identify testing gaps and opportunities for continuous improvement - Mentor junior and mid-level QA engineers, **raising the bar for coding, design principles, and best practices** - Integrate and optimise test suites in **CI/CD pipelines**, ensuring fast feedback cycles and smooth deployments ### ⭐ What makes you a great fit? - **3-4 years of hands-on experience** as an SDET or Quality Engineer building automation frameworks at scale for large web applications - **Strong experience with Cypress and JavaScript/TypeScript**, including end-to-end (E2E) testing for critical user journeys and regression testing - Proven experience with **Playwright, WebdriverIO, and Appium** - **Proven experience in automating tests** for Web, Mobile, APIs, and contract testing - **Deep understanding of test automation best practices**, including the Page Object Model, data-driven testing, and framework design patterns - **Experience working with DevOps and continuous deployment infrastructures**, including CI/CD pipeline integration (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Bamboo, or similar) - Fluent in written and spoken English, with strong communication skills to collaborate across teams - **Understanding of shift-left and shift-right testing** methodologies - **Familiarity with synthetic monitoring and observability** (Datadog, New Relic, Sentry or similar) ### ⭐ How can you earn extra bonus points? - ISTQB certification or equivalent - Familiarity with AI-assisted testing tools(self-healing automation, test case generation, intelligent defect detection) - **Experience with visual regression testing** tools (Percy, Applitools, or similar)