Lead Java Automation Test Engineer

EPAM Systems; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. in Pune, India seeks a Lead Java Automation Test Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using Java and Selenium.

You will lead framework architecture decisions focused on scalability, maintainability, and reusability, and implement parallel execution strategies across browsers and platforms. You will also develop reusable libraries and API automation solutions for REST/SOAP services, validate payloads, and drive CI/CD integration with

Qualifications

• 9–14 years of IT experience.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming (classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, abstraction).
• Expertise in API authentication/authorization mechanisms including Basic Authentication, Bearer Tokens, OAuth, and NTLM.
• Proficiency with software design patterns such as Singleton, Factory, Decorator, Page Object Model, and Page Factory.
• Familiarity with static code analysis and quality gates configuration.
• Background in embeddings for semantic search applications and understanding of similarity search techniques.
• Knowledge of Attention Mechanisms and Transformer-based model architectures is a plus.

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/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.

Skills

Java Programming

Selenium

API automation

Design patterns

OOP principles

CI/CD

Page Object Model

Semantic search embeddings

Attention mechanisms

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

REST API testing tools

Static code analysis

Job description

Lead Java Automation Test Engineer

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