Lead Software Test Automation Engineer for a Multinational Mass Media and Information Company

Currently we are looking for a remote Lead Software Test Automation Engineer.
Our client is a multinational mass media and information company with operational headquarters in London, UK. It enables professionals in the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, and media markets to make the decisions that matter most, all powered by the world's most trusted news organization.
The project we are working on is aimed to deliver a single view of risk and drives the consistent application of assessment processes across an organization. It is an extremely flexible toolkit which has the ability to create custom data models using drag and drop functionality and create custom pages and reporting views on this data model. It has an advanced workflow capability that allows integrations between the workflow and the data model and drag and drop can be used for workflow form design. Currently, migration to Cloud (AWS, Azure) is one of main strategies and challenges along with the active product development.
- Define testing strategy for the product which consists of few thousands of attributes with references to the additional scope of data
- Implement automated tests for data validation
- Select and automate Unit tests for one or two business rules
- Conduct bug reporting and verification
- Execute and manage test cases and results; report on test and defect metrics
- Maintain incoming data quality control
- Interpret specific business rules for better tests quality
- Analyze previous solution(s) and reasons of failure, improve processes
- 4+ years’ experience in manual and automation testing of complex web applications (C# + Selenium)
- Expertise in UI and API automation testing
- Experience in writing BDD scenarios (Gherkin, SpecFlow)
- Proficiency in test case adjustments for automated testing needs
- Expertise in test automation framework enhancement (preferably experience in designing TAF from scratch)
- Experience in working with VCS (preferably Git)
- Experience in scripted and exploratory test execution
- Experience in test tracking systems (preferably Jira)
- Experience in usage of CI tools (preferably Jenkins/Bamboo)
- Experience in usage of reporting tools for automation (e.g. Allure reporting)
- Familiarity with Agile Methodologies (preferably SCRUM)
- Intermediate or higher English level (B1+)
- International projects with top brands
- Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
- Healthcare benefits
- Employee financial programs
- Paid time off and sick leave
- Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
- Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
- Global career opportunities
- Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
- EPAM Employee Groups
- Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn