Lead Java Automation Test Engineer

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