QA Engineer, Automation Testing Expertise

Requirements:

• Strong software QA and testing experience with enterprise applications.
• Hands-on experience with Selenium WebDriver, TestNG/JUnit, and developing automation frameworks.
• Working understanding of Appian components, including process models, workflows, business rules, records, reports, SAIL interfaces, and integrations.
• Experience testing BPM and workflow-driven applications.
• Familiarity with API testing tools such as Postman or Swagger.
• Experience using defect management tools such as JIRA or Azure DevOps.
• Strong SQL skills for backend data validation and testing.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing practices.
• Ability to work directly with customer stakeholders and business users, lead requirement clarification sessions, and discuss QA topics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present results, quality metrics, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating with onsite and offshore teams and building trusted customer relationships.
• Experience testing Appian applications in banking, financial services, insurance, healthcare, or other enterprise domains is preferred.
• Exposure to Appian development concepts or Appian certifications is a plus.
• Experience with test automation frameworks and continuous testing practices is preferred; knowledge of performance and security testing methodologies is desirable.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute test strategies, plans, cases, and scripts for Appian applications.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, system, end-to-end, and user acceptance testing.
• Validate Appian workflows, process models, business rules, records, reports, interfaces, and integrations.
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into comprehensive test scenarios.
• Create and maintain automation test suites using Selenium or similar frameworks.
• Conduct API and integration testing for Appian applications and connected enterprise systems.
• Participate in defect triage and root cause analysis, and support resolution efforts.
• Collaborate with Appian developers, business analysts, product owners, customer teams, and project teams to deliver quality outcomes.
• Support production releases, smoke testing, and post-deployment validation.
• Provide status updates and quality metrics to customer stakeholders and project leadership.
• Help ensure high-quality Appian releases with minimal production defects and improve test coverage and execution efficiency through automation.
• Represent QA in testing discussions, status reporting, and quality governance, while building stakeholder relationships through proactive communication and quality ownership.

Technologies:

• API
• Azure
• Backend
• CI/CD
• DevOps
• Support
• JIRA
• JUnit
• Postman
• SQL
• Security
• Selenium
• Swagger
• Cloud

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We are seeking an experienced QA Engineer with strong automation testing expertise to support quality assurance for enterprise-grade Appian applications. This client-facing role involves close collaboration with customer stakeholders, business users, developers, and project teams, and calls for strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills. The position is based in New York, NY, with a hybrid location noted; the role description also specifies onsite client-facing work. The listed rate is $70–$72 per hour.

last updated 44 week of 2026