Lead Automation Quality Engineer

EPAM Systems Inc; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems Inc. is seeking a Lead Automation Quality Engineer to shape and implement the AQA approach across ~16 mobile apps and a CMS supporting digital experiences for client festivals and events. You will design and execute automated tests spanning mobile (iOS/Android), CMS web (ReactJS/TypeScript/AWS), and backend API layers.

Strong leadership and English communication are essential. The role emphasizes building robust regression suites, smoke tests, and ensuring release stability across

Qualifications

• Experience with automation testing across mobile and web platforms.
• Strong knowledge of test automation frameworks and best practices.
• Ability to lead QA automation teams and coordinate with development teams.
• Excellent communication in English (B2+).

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated testing coverage for iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin) mobile apps.
• Create automated tests for CMS web platform using ReactJS, TypeScript, AWS.
• Design API automated tests using REST, Postman, Swagger, AWS API Gateway.
• Build automated regression and smoke tests for mobile and CMS environments.

Job description

We're searching for a Lead Automation Quality Engineer to become part of our team. This role involves shaping, documenting, and carrying out the Automation Quality Assurance (AQA) approach spanning roughly 16 mobile applications that share a common codebase, along with the Content Management Solution (CMS) supporting digital experiences for client-sponsored festivals and concert events.

Responsibilities

• Develop and sustain automated testing coverage spanning mobile apps built on both iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin).
• Craft automated test scripts for the CMS web platform, which runs on a technology foundation of ReactJS, TypeScript, and AWS.
• Design automated API testing for the backend infrastructure, which depends on Rest API, Postman, Swagger, and AWS API Gateway.
• Put together and sustain automated regression testing suites applicable to both the mobile apps and CMS environment.
• Build automated smoke testing to verify that production releases succeed and that essential user flows work correctly across mobile and CMS platforms.

Requirements

• More than five years of applicable, hands-on work experience.
• A minimum of one year guiding and overseeing development teams.
• Working experience utilizing Appium to automate testing for mobile applications.
• Applied expertise using Playwright to handle automated web-based testing.
• Strong foundation in regression testing practices to safeguard release stability.
• Background crafting test strategies that steer overall quality assurance direction.
• Capability in TypeScript for authoring automated test scripting.
• Familiarity with WebdriverIO for automating browser and application testing.
• Adequate communication abilities paired with working English fluency (B2 level or higher) to grasp business requirements and translate them into agentic architectures.

Nice to have

• Some exposure to Python for scripting and automated testing tasks.
• Background working with REST API for backend validation and testing purposes.