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._

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
- Implementation of parallel execution strategies and optimization of execution times across browsers and platforms
- Development of reusable libraries, utilities and framework extensions
- Application of robust Object-Oriented Programming principles including classes and objects, inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation and abstraction
- Design and implementation of API automation solutions for REST and SOAP services
- Validation of XML and JSON payloads through serialization and deserialization techniques
- Implementation of authentication and authorization mechanisms including Basic Authentication, Bearer Tokens, OAuth and NTLM
- 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
- Integration of automation suites with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions
- Design and implementation of AI-driven solutions for automated test case generation, test script generation and code reviews

Requirements :





- 9 to 14 years of experience in test automation engineering
- Expertise in Java, Selenium and test automation framework design
- Proficiency in Object-Oriented Programming principles and software design patterns such as Singleton, Factory and Decorator
- Knowledge of Page Object Model and Page Factory
- Skills in API automation for REST and SOAP services including XML and JSON validation
- Competency in CI/CD and DevOps integration using Jenkins and GitHub Actions
- Capability to configure static code analysis, quality gates and automation reporting dashboards
- Hands-on experience with Large Language Models such as GitHub Copilot, Claude and Cursor
- Understanding of Prompt Engineering, Context Window Management and Tokenization
- Background in AI agents and AI-assisted engineering using tools such as OpenAI Assistants

Nice to have

- Experience building multi-agent and agentic workflows for end-to-end testing and workflow orchestration
- Knowledge of Retrieval-Augmented Generation architectures and integration with enterprise knowledge sources
- Understanding of Model Context Protocol concepts and frameworks
- 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 benefits

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

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