Test Automation Engineer

Posted:
1/6/2026, 8:00:25 PM

Location(s):
Budapest, Budapest, Hungary ⋅ Budapest, Hungary

Experience Level(s):
Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
QA & Testing ⋅ Software Engineering

Workplace Type:
Remote

🌍 About Us

Accenture is a multinational IT outsourcing company delivering high‑quality software solutions to clients across various industries. Our teams operate on a project‑based model, which means you may collaborate with colleagues and customers located across Europe—or anywhere in the world. Strong communication skills and a consultant mindset are highly valued as we work closely with clients to understand their needs and deliver exceptional results.

🎯 Role Overview

As a Test Automation Engineer, you will design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and test suites to ensure the quality and reliability of our clients’ software products. Depending on your experience level (junior, medior, senior), you will take on responsibilities ranging from hands‑on test creation to architectural decisions, mentoring, and client-facing technical guidance.

🧩 Key Responsibilities

  • Design and implement automated test cases for backend, frontend, or API-based systems

  • Collaborate with distributed teams across multiple time zones

  • Participate in requirement analysis to ensure testability and clarity

  • Maintain and improve automation frameworks using modern tools and programming languages

  • Identify, document, and track defects throughout the development lifecycle

  • Provide technical insights to clients and support a consultant-style approach

  • Contribute to continuous integration and delivery pipelines

🛠 Required Skills & Qualifications

  • Strong English communication skills (spoken and written); German is a plus

  • Advanced knowledge of at least one test automation tool (e.g., SoapUI, Postman, or similar)

  • Programming experience in one or more languages: Python, Java, C#, or TypeScript with using Selenium, Cypress, and Playwright libraries

  • Hands-on experience with any automation framework (UI, API, performance, or custom-built)

  • Understanding of software testing principles and QA best practices

  • Basic knowledge of DevOps activities, networking, and CI/CD pipelines is a plus

  • SQL knowledge is welcome on a basic level

  • ISTQB certification is a plus; additional ISTQB certifications are highly valued

  • Ability to work independently in a remote, multicultural environment

📈 What Differentiates Levels

Level Expectations

Junior: Eager to learn automation tools, write basic automated tests, follow established frameworks

Medior: Independently design test suites, optimize automation workflows, collaborate directly with clients

Senior: Architect automation frameworks, mentor junior engineers, lead technical discussions with stakeholders

What we offer

  • Participation in full-cycle and diverse international projects

  • Flexible working conditions, home working is allowed

  • Attractive base salary & Wide range of benefits included cafeteria, bonuses, private health insurance package, AYCM sport card, family-oriented benefits, company shares on a discount price

  • Opportunity to work as a specialist or manager/team lead

  • Chance to leading-edge functional and technical trainings

  • Access to a whole set of learning platforms

  • Constant career development with personalized internal mentorship

  • Cafeteria - Budget for benefits based on your choice

  • Refer-a-Friend - get a bonus in the employee referral program

  • Flexible working arrangements (Flex-work, Home Office)

  • AYCM card

  • Family oriented benefit

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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Accenture

Website: https://accenture.com/

Headquarter Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1989

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Grant

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