Position: Lead Test Automation Engineer (Java)
Company: EPAM Systems
Category: QA Automation
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

EPAM is committed to providing our global team of 36,700+ EPAMers with inspiring careers from day one. EPAMers lead with passion and honesty and think creatively. 
Our people are the source of our success and we value collaboration, try to always understand our customers’ business, and strive for the highest standards of excellence. In today’s new market conditions, we continue to support operations for hundreds of clients around the world remotely, with the vast majority of our teams working from home. 
No matter where you are located, you’ll join a dedicated, diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.

**REQUIREMENTS**
Partner with customer engineers and stakeholders for achieving common goals and team integration
Be a hands-on lead contributor to cross-project automation framework
Drive adoption and adaption of new automation and new QA processes
Work with clients to define high-level quality deliverables
Create and maintain an extensive testing framework for automated test cases
Identify, analyze, and document problems, review software documentation, plan test schedules or strategies in accordance with project scope or delivery dates
Examine, validate, and test large-scale software development and deployment projects
Create the overall test strategy and test plans for testing software applications including performance, automation, localization, and internationalization
Coordinate test strategy with project managers and others
Participate in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potential problems
Review software documentation to ensure technical accuracy, compliance, or completeness, or to mitigate risks
Provide leadership and mentoring within the QA team to ensure high-quality solutions
5 + years of experience in Software Testing and Quality Assurance
5 + years of experience in Test automation
2 + year experience in the technical lead role
Hands-on experience in building and adopting automation frameworks
In-depth experience with Selenium, JMeter, Rest Assured, etc
Experience in working with Agile methodologies and practices
Ability to facilitate and help colleagues to succeed in ongoing Agile transformation and adaptation
Proven ability to develop test documentation, including test plan, test strategy, test cases, and test results report

**WE OFFER**
•	Individual career path
•	Social package - medical insurance, sports
•	Compensation for sick lists and regular vacations
•	English classes with native speakers (certified English teachers)
•	Workspace freedom (office or remote) and flexible working hours 
•	Possibility to work on full product lifecycle –from concept to delivery into production
•	Mentorship program
•	Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
•	Proactive Agile/Scrum/XP practitioners

ABOUT THE PROJECT
Our Customer is a global provider of financial market data and infrastructure. The company has an annual turnover of $6bn with more than 40,000 client companies in 190 countries.