EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.

We are seeking a Lead Java Automation Test Engineer with strong expertise in Java automation frameworks, API testing, and CI/CD integration 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

- 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

We offer

- Opportunity to work on technical challenges that may impact across geographies
- Vast opportunities for self-development: online university, knowledge sharing opportunities globally, learning opportunities through external certifications
- Opportunity to share your ideas on international platforms
- Sponsored Tech Talks & Hackathons
- Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
- Possibility to relocate to any EPAM office for short and long-term projects
- Focused individual development
- Benefit package:
- Health benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Paid time off
- Flexible advantages

- Forums to explore beyond work passion (CSR, photography, painting, sports, etc.)

📌 Lead Java Automation Test Engineer (India)
🏢 EPAM Systems
📍 India