Java Automation Architect

Larsen & Toubro (L&T); Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Bengaluru seeks a senior Automation Engineer to define and drive the test automation strategy across frontend, API, and backend layers. You will design scalable Java-based frameworks, mentor teams, and ensure end-to-end automation coverage from UI to data validation.

The role involves leading automation modernization, implementing best practices, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to accelerate quality in distributed systems.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing automation frameworks from scratch.
• Strong hands-on Java 8+ and UI/API automation
• Experience with Selenium WebDriver and cross-browser testing
• Proficient in API automation with Rest Assured and API tooling

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the overall test automation strategy and architecture.
• Design and develop scalable Java-based automation frameworks.
• Provide technical leadership to automation teams.
• Develop robust UI automation with Selenium WebDriver.
• Automate REST/HTTP APIs including validation of payloads, status codes, headers and auth.
• Integrate automation with CI/CD pipelines and enable continuous testing.
• Mentor senior automation engineers and conduct code reviews.
• Collaborate with developers, QA, DevOps and product teams.

Skills

Java core

OOP concepts

Maven/Gradle

Git

Selenium WebDriver

Cross-browser testing

XPath/CSS selectors

Page Object Model

Rest Assured

HTTP/API knowledge

Postman/OpenAPI/Swagger

Docker

Selenium Grid

CI/CD tooling (Jenkins/GitLab/Azure)

Cloud testing (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Playwright/Cypress

Tools

Postman

Swagger/OpenAPI

Docker

Kubernetes

Selenium Grid

Playwright

Cypress

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement the overall test automation strategy and architecture for frontend, backend, API, and end-to-end testing.
• Design and develop scalable, maintainable, and reusable Java-based automation frameworks.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to automation teams.
• Develop robust UI automation solutions using Selenium WebDriver.
• Design and implement API automation frameworks using Rest Assured and Java.
• Automate REST/HTTP APIs including validation of:
• Request/response payloads
• Status codes
• Headers
• Authentication/authorization
• JSON/XML schemas
• Business rules
• Develop automation for backend services, database validations, microservices, and distributed applications.
• Integrate frontend, API, backend, and database automation for comprehensive end-to-end test coverage.
• Establish automation framework standards, coding guidelines, design patterns, and best practices.
• Implement reusable utilities for logging, reporting, test data management, configuration management, and exception handling.
• Integrate automation suites with CI/CD pipelines and enable continuous testing.
• Analyze automation results, identify failures, and improve framework stability and execution efficiency.
• Identify opportunities to optimize automation coverage and reduce manual testing effort.
• Evaluate and introduce appropriate automation tools and technologies based on project requirements.
• Mentor and guide senior automation engineers and provide technical reviews.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, QA engineers, DevOps, product teams, and other stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives around automation quality, scalability, execution time, and maintainability.

Mandatory Technical Skills

• Programming
• Strong hands-on experience in Core Java / Java 8+
• Strong understanding of OOP, Collections, Exception Handling, Multithreading, Streams, and Java design patterns.
• Experience with Maven/Gradle and Git.
• UI / Frontend Automation
• Strong expertise in Selenium WebDriver
• Experience automating web applications across multiple browsers.
• Strong understanding of XPath, CSS selectors, synchronization, waits, page object/model patterns, and browser capabilities.
• Experience with Page Object Model / Page Factory and other automation design patterns.
• Exposure to modern frontend technologies such as React, Angular, JavaScript/TypeScript is desirable.

API Automation

• Strong hands-on experience with Rest Assured
• Experience in REST API automation and validation.
• Strong understanding of HTTP methods, status codes, headers, authentication, JSON/XML, and API contracts.
• Experience with tools such as Postman/Swagger/OpenAPI.
• Experience with API mocking/service virtualization is desirable.

Backend / Database

• Experience in backend/service-level automation.
• Strong SQL knowledge and experience with database validation.
• Experience testing microservices and distributed systems.
• Understanding of messaging/event-driven systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ is an advantage.

Automation Framework

• Proven experience designing automation frameworks from scratch.
• Experience with Hybrid / Data-driven / Keyword-driven / BDD frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of TestNG/JUnit/Cucumber.
• Experience implementing parallel execution, cross-browser execution, test data management, configuration management, and reusable components.
• Experience with automation reporting tools such as Extent Reports, Allure, or similar.
• Experience with Docker/containerized test execution is desirable.
• Cloud testing experience with AWS/Azure/GCP is an advantage.

CI/CD & DevOps

• Experience integrating automation with Jenkins / GitLab CI / Azure DevOps or equivalent.
• Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines and continuous testing.
• Experience with Docker/containerized test execution is desirable.
• Cloud testing experience with AWS/Azure/GCP is an advantage.

Preferred / Good-to-Have Skills

• Experience with Selenium Grid / cloud browser platforms.
• Knowledge of Playwright or Cypress.
• Experience with performance/load testing tools such as JMeter is an advantage.
• Experience with security/API testing concepts.
• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of microservices architecture.
• Experience with AI-assisted test automation or script generation is a plus.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum and SAFe environments.

Architecture & Leadership Expectations

• Ability to translate business and technical requirements into an effective automation architecture.
• Define the automation pyramid and determine the right balance between UI, API, service, and unit-level automation.
• Establish framework scalability and maintainability standards.
• Conduct technical design and code reviews.
• Define automation KPIs such as automation coverage, execution time, stability, and defect detection.
• Identify and eliminate flaky tests and improve automation reliability.
• Lead automation modernization and framework migration initiatives.
• Provide technical mentorship and conduct knowledge-sharing sessions.