QA Engineer – AI-First

VacationRenter

AI-driven QA Engineer building and owning quality functions at VacationRenter. Focusing on automation across web, mobile, and platform services and ensuring high-confidence releases.

Posted 4/12/2026full-timeDallas • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidAWSCypressiOS

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and own an AI-powered quality function across web, mobile, and platform services
Generate test cases from GitHub tickets, UX workflows, and feature requirements using LLMs
Convert user journeys into automated test scripts across functional, regression, integration, and API layers
Design and maintain automation frameworks for web (Playwright, Cypress), mobile (Appium, Maestro, Detox), and APIs
Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) with intelligent test prioritization and gating
Leverage AI tools (e.g., Cursor, Copilot, Claude) to diagnose failures, triage issues, and implement minor bug fixes
Contribute code through small PRs to improve UI stability, edge case handling, and test reliability
Review PRs with a quality-first mindset, ensuring strong test coverage and identifying risk areas
Partner with Product and Engineering early in the development cycle to define test scenarios and improve feature testability
Build dashboards and reporting to track coverage, release risk, flaky tests, and critical flow health
Own mobile QA across iOS and Android, including device fragmentation, release validation, crash monitoring, and edge case testing
Evaluate and implement tooling such as device farms (BrowserStack, AWS Device Farm) as needed

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years experience in QA, test automation, or software engineering with a strong focus on automation
Proficiency in at least one modern testing framework (e.g., Playwright, Cypress)
Experience working with APIs, automation scripts, and CI/CD pipelines
Strong coding ability, comfortable making minor fixes and contributing PRs
Experience leveraging AI tools (e.g., OpenAI, Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) to improve workflows
Solid understanding of testing methodologies, including functional, regression, and integration testing
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering and product teams

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary + equity
Top-tier laptop provided
100% company-paid health benefits for base plan coverage, with the option to upgrade to higher-tier plans
401(k) with company match
Unlimited, guilt-free vacation days
Annual wellness stipend (gym + other wellness activities)
Monthly house cleaning stipend
Annual travel allowance
Monthly cell phone & internet usage stipend
Charity donation company match
Employee referral bonus
Team offsites/activities

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Hard Skills & Tools

test automationautomation frameworksfunctional testingregression testingintegration testingAPI testingcodingtest case generationautomated test scriptstest coverage

Soft Skills

strong communicationcollaborationquality-first mindset