Lead Automation Test Engineer - Java with Playwright

EPAM Systems, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Lead Automation Test Engineer in Bengaluru to design scalable Java-based test automation frameworks and drive quality engineering practices. You will mentor teams, accelerate software testing and delivery, and tie automation to robust CI/CD pipelines.

The role requires deep expertise in API testing (REST/SOAP), parallel execution, and modern design patterns to ensure scalable, reusable automation assets across platforms and projects.

Qualifications

• 9–14 years of IT experience.
• Proven expertise in Java-based test automation frameworks.
• Strong API testing, CI/CD integration, and QA best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain scalable Java-based test automation frameworks.
• Build robust automation solutions using Selenium across browsers.
• Lead framework architecture decisions focusing on scalability, maintainability, and reusability.

Skills

Java

Selenium

API testing

CI/CD

Test automation framework design

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Tools

Selenium

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

We are seeking a Lead Automation Test Engineer with strong expertise in Java-based test automation frameworks, API testing, and CI/CD integration. The ideal candidate will design scalable automation solutions, drive quality engineering practices, and mentor teams to accelerate software testing and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using Java
• Build robust automation solutions using Selenium
• Lead framework architecture decisions focused on scalability, maintainability, and reusability
• Implement parallel execution strategies and optimize execution times across browsers and platforms
• Develop reusable libraries, utilities, and framework extensions
• Design and implement API automation solutions for REST and SOAP services
• Validate XML and JSON payloads through serialization and deserialization techniques
• Handle session management and API integration testing
• Conduct code reviews and enforce clean coding standards
• Establish and govern coding standards, branching strategies, and version control best practices
• Integrate automation suites with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions
• Configure static code analysis and quality gates, and publish automation reports and dashboards for stakeholders

Requirements

• 9 to 14 years of experience in IT
• Expertise in Java, Object-Oriented Programming principles (Classes and Objects, Inheritance, Polymorphism, Encapsulation, Abstraction)
• Proficiency in Selenium, API test automation, and CI/CD integration
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization mechanisms including Basic Authentication, Bearer Tokens, OAuth, and NTLM
• Familiarity with software design patterns including Singleton, Factory, Decorator, Page Object Model (POM), and Page Factory
• Competency in Jenkins and GitHub Actions for CI/CD pipeline integration
• Background in generating and utilizing embeddings for semantic search applications
• Understanding of similarity search and retrieval mechanisms
• Nice to have Understanding of Transformer Architecture, Attention Mechanisms, and Transformer-based model architectures