Senior Java Automation Test Engineer

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

Job summary

EPAM Systems seeks a Senior Java Automation Test Engineer to design and scale test automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, and API testing. You will drive quality practices, mentor teams, and integrate automation with CI/CD pipelines. Strong Java, OOP, and automation tool experience are required for this role.

The candidate will lead architecture decisions, implement parallel test execution, and contribute to reusable utilities and framework extensions for enterprise-grade testing efforts.

Qualifications

• 6–9 years of IT experience with focus on test automation.
• Strong Java fundamentals and OOP concepts.
• Proficient in Selenium, REST and SOAP API automation.
• Knowledge of authentication methods: Basic, Bearer, OAuth, NTLM.
• Familiarity with design patterns: Singleton, Factory, Decorator, POM, Page Factory.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Understanding of static code analysis and quality gates.
• Background in embeddings for semantic search and similarity retrieval is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java test automation frameworks.
• Build robust automation solutions using Selenium and APIs.
• Lead framework architecture decisions for scalability and maintainability.
• Implement parallel execution across browsers and platforms.
• Develop reusable libraries and utilities for the framework.
• Design API automation for REST and SOAP services.
• Validate XML/JSON payloads via serialization/deserialization.
• Integrate automation suites with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Publish automation reports and dashboards for stakeholders.

Skills

Java

Selenium

API testing

CI/CD

Page Object Model

Design patterns

REST/SOAP

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

JSON/XML handling

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Java Automation Test Engineer with strong expertise in Java automation frameworks, API testing, and CI/CD integration. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing scalable automation solutions, driving quality engineering practices, and mentoring 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 IT, with a focus on test automation
• Expertise in Java, including Object-Oriented Programming principles such as Classes and Objects, Inheritance, Polymorphism, Encapsulation, and Abstraction
• Proficiency in Selenium, REST, and SOAP API automation
• 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 CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and GitHub Actions
• Understanding of static code analysis and quality gates
• Background in generating and utilizing embeddings for semantic search applications
• Understanding of similarity search and retrieval mechanisms

Nice to have

• Understanding of Transformer Architecture
• Familiarity with Attention Mechanisms and Transformer-based model architectures