Senior Automation Test Engineer - Java with Playwright

EPAM Systems; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems seeks a Senior Automation Test Engineer - Java with Playwright to design scalable automation solutions, drive QA practices, and mentor teams for faster software delivery.

You will design and maintain Java-based automation frameworks, implement API automation for REST/SOAP, and integrate test suites into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions.

Qualifications

• 6 to 9 years of experience in test automation.
• Expertise in Java automation frameworks, API testing, and CI/CD integration.
• Proficiency in Object-Oriented Programming principles (classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, abstraction).
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization mechanisms (Basic, Bearer Tokens, OAuth, NTLM).
• Familiarity with design patterns (Singleton, Factory, Decorator, Page Object Model, 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.

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

API testing

CI/CD

OOP concepts

Authentication methods

Design patterns

Static code analysis

Embeddings for semantic search

Similarity search

Attention mechanisms (nice-to-have)

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Automation Test Engineer - Java with Playwright 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

• 6 to 9 years of experience in test automation


• Expertise in Java automation frameworks, API testing, and 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