Lead Java Automation Test Engineer

Epam Systems; Hyderabad, Chennai District, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Epam Systems in Hyderabad seeks a Lead Java Automation Test Engineer to design and scale automation solutions using Java frameworks and Selenium. You will drive quality practices, mentor teams, and accelerate software testing and delivery across projects.

The role demands 9–14 years in IT, deep knowledge of OOP, and API testing with modern CI/CD integration. You will lead architectural decisions, enforce coding standards, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure robust release

Qualifications

• 9–14 years of IT experience required.
• Strong knowledge of Java and OOP principles.
• Extensive automation experience with API testing capabilities.
• Experience with API security patterns (Basic, OAuth, tokens) a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using Java.
• 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.
• Integrate automation suites with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
• Publish automation reports and dashboards for stakeholders.

Skills

Java

Automation Testing

Selenium

API testing

CI/CD

OOP/Design patterns

Git

Test frameworks (JUnit/TestNG)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/IT

Tools

Selenium

JUnit/TestNG

Maven/Gradle

Jenkins

Git

REST API tooling

Job description

We are seeking a Lead Java Automation Test Engineer with strong expertise in Java automation frameworks, API testing, and CI/CD integration to 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
• Publish automation reports and dashboards for stakeholders

Requirements

• 9 to 14 years of experience in IT
• Knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming principles including classes and objects, inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, and abstraction
• Expertise in API authentication and authorization mechanisms including Basic Authentication, Bearer Tokens, OAuth, and NTLM
• Proficiency in software design patterns including Singleton, Factory, Decorator, Page Object Model, and Page Factory
• Familiarity with static code analysis and quality gates configuration
• Background in generating and utilizing embeddings for semantic search applications
• Understanding of similarity search and retrieval mechanisms

Nice to have

• Understanding of Attention Mechanisms and Transformer-based model architectures