Appian QA & Automation Engineer

About CodeNinja

About the role

Key responsibilities

• Define functional, integration, regression, UAT, performance, and security test strategy.
• Build and maintain Appian UI automation with Appian Selenium API, FitNesse for Appian, or Cucumber-based frameworks.
• Automate API and integration tests for Appian Web APIs and downstream services using Karate, REST Assured, or Postman/Newman.
• Embed automated tests and quality gates in CI/CD pipelines before deployments.
• Run performance and load tests using JMeter, Gatling, or Appian performance tooling.
• Validate role-based access, maker-checker controls, data masking, and audit logs.
• Manage test data and environments, including masked production-like data compliant with PDPL.
• Lead UAT, track defects to closure, and report quality metrics to delivery leadership.

Required experience and qualifications

• 10+ years of total experience, including 6+ years of hands-on Appian development.
• Appian Certified Senior Developer certification is mandatory.
• Expertise in SAIL, interface design patterns, and Appian Portals/Sites.
• Strong Appian Data Fabric skills across record types, sync, relationships, custom record fields, and record-level security.
• Data modeling and SQL experience, including views, indexes, and stored procedures.
• Experience working alongside UX/UI designers and strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Immediate joiners are preferred; otherwise, the stated notice period is one month.

Nice to have

• Experience with Appian AI features, including AI Skills, document extraction, or AI Copilot.
• Appian Component Plug-ins experience using React or JavaScript.
• Figma familiarity and customer-facing banking portal experience are advantageous.

Why join

• Set the quality bar for mission-critical banking applications and build automation that supports confident releases.