Lead Automation Test Engineer - Java with Playwright

EPAM Systems, Inc.; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Lead Automation Test Engineer in Chennai, India, to design scalable test automation frameworks using Java and Selenium. The role emphasizes API testing, CI/CD integration, and mentoring teams to accelerate software testing and delivery.

You will lead framework decisions, implement parallel execution, and build reusable libraries while guiding QA practices and ensuring code quality across projects.

Qualifications

• 9 to 14 years of IT experience.
• Strong Java and OOP fundamentals.
• Selenium, API test automation and CI/CD integration.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using Java.
• Lead framework architecture decisions for scalability and reusability.
• Implement API automation for REST and SOAP services.

Skills

Java

Selenium

API testing

CI/CD

Design patterns

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

POM / Page Factory

Embeddings

Similarity search

Transformer models

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