Senior Automation Test Engineer - Java with Playwright

EPAM Systems, Inc.; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking an experienced test automation engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable Java-based automation frameworks using Selenium. This role emphasizes framework architecture, parallel execution, and reusable libraries to support reliable cross-browser automation.

You will drive API automation for REST/SOAP, validate payloads, and integrate tests with CI/CD pipelines, delivering clear reports to stakeholders and enabling rapid feedback across teams.

Qualifications

• 6 to 9 years of experience in test automation.
• Expertise in Java automation frameworks.
• API testing experience.
• CI/CD integration experience.
• Proficiency in OO principles (classes/objects, inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, abstraction).
• Knowledge of authentication/authorization: Basic, Bearer, OAuth, NTLM.
• Familiarity with design patterns: Singleton, Factory, Decorator, POM/Page Factory.
• Experience with static code analysis and quality gates.
• Background in embeddings for semantic search applications
• Understanding of similarity search and retrieval mechanisms
• Nice to have Attention Mechanisms and Transformer architectures.

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.

Skills

Java automation

Selenium

API testing

CI/CD

OOP basics

Design patterns

Static analysis

Embeddings

Similarity search

Attention mechanisms

Job description

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

• 6 to 9 years of experience in test automation
• Expertise in Java automation frameworks
• API testing
• CI/CD integration
• Proficiency in Object-Oriented Programming principles, including classes and objects, inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, and abstraction
• 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, and Page Factory
• Skills in 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