We are hiring a Lead Automation Test Engineer to drive Java automation framework design, API testing depth, and CI/CD integration for dependable delivery. You will own architecture decisions, improve cross-browser execution with parallelism, and mentor quality practices—apply now

Responsibilities

- Design, enhance, and maintain scalable Java-based test automation frameworks
- Implement dependable automation solutions using Selenium
- Guide framework architecture decisions with a focus on scalability, maintainability, and reusability
- Optimize execution time by introducing parallel execution across browsers and platforms
- Create reusable libraries, utilities, and framework extensions for broader adoption
- Develop and implement API automation coverage for REST and SOAP services
- Verify XML and JSON payloads via serialization and deserialization techniques
- Manage sessions and execute API integration testing end to end
- Perform code reviews and uphold clean coding standards
- Define and govern coding standards, branching strategies, and version control practices
- Automate execution through CI/CD integration using Jenkins and GitHub Actions




- Set up static code analysis and quality gates, and publish automation reports and dashboards for stakeholders

Requirements

- Significant IT experience, typically in the 9–14 years range
- Advanced Java expertise and strong command of Object-Oriented Programming concepts (Classes and Objects, Inheritance, Polymorphism, Encapsulation, Abstraction)
- Demonstrated proficiency in Selenium, API test automation, and CI/CD integration
- Clear understanding of authentication and authorization mechanisms including Basic Authentication, Bearer Tokens, OAuth, and NTLM
- Solid knowledge of design patterns such as Singleton, Factory, Decorator, Page Object Model (POM), and Page Factory
- Hands-on competency with Jenkins and GitHub Actions for CI/CD pipeline integration
- Background in creating and applying embeddings to support semantic search applications
- Understanding of similarity search and retrieval mechanisms

Nice to have

- Understanding of Transformer Architecture, Attention Mechanisms, and Transformer-based model architectures

📌 Lead Automation Test Engineer - Java with Playwright (Hyderabad)
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