Quality Engineer

Here at Appian, our core values of Respect, Work to Impact, Ambition, and Constructive Dissent & Resolution define who we are. In short, this means we constantly seek to understand the best for our customers, we go beyond completion in our work, we strive for excellence with intensity, and we embrace candid communication. These values guide our actions and shape our culture every day. When you join Appian, you'll be part of a passionate team that's dedicated to accomplishing hard things.

Ensure high quality and timely delivery of Appian Software to Customers. Champion in understanding changes from the customer perspective and ensuring Quality is an integral part of the team decision process. Strives to understand complex system interactions and dependencies that can cause quality issues and ensures engineers account for them in their design and testing. Analyzes mistakes and helps ensure they do not recur.

• Manually test and troubleshoot new features from a multitude of dimensions: systems integration, GUI, Compatibility, User Acceptance Testing, functionality, database, and regression Test features across web and mobile platforms.
• Write automated test code using tools like Python and Selenium. Ability to apply test automation design and techniques.
• This role will be approximately 80% manual and 20% automation to start, overtime the automation percentage will increase
• Support existing features by performing regression testing when bugs are resolved.
• Perform analysis, research, and troubleshooting of software defects and aid in the documentation of defects and anomalies.
• Build, maintain and improve test artifacts for rapid and efficient reuse by the Test Engineering team.
• Work with other scrum team members to define and review Acceptance Criteria.
• Ensure complete and timely reporting of bugs and test results.
• Know some elements of test design.
• Understand how to systematically analyze requirements.
• Know how to understand the root cause of software defects.
• Understand Engineering strategy for performance engineering.
• Write complete and concise software defects with all necessary supporting information.
• Participates in release management activities.

• Proven experience in product testing and quality assurance.
• Experience with hotfix verification, regression and exploratory testing.
• Ability to handle and resolve customer incidents related to product quality.
• Good working experience/ knowledge in using JIRA, Kubernetes, GIT.
• Experience working in Appian platform.

• B.S. degree in an Engineering field or demonstrated aptitude for technology
• 3+ years of relevant experience

• Training and Development: During onboarding, we focus on equipping new hires with the skills and knowledge for success through department-specific training. Continuous learning is a central focus at Appian, with dedicated mentorship and the First-Friend program being widely utilized resources for new hires.
• Growth Opportunities: Appian provides a diverse array of growth and development opportunities, including our leadership program tailored for new and aspiring managers, a comprehensive library of specialized department training through Appian University, skills based training, and tuition reimbursement for those aiming to advance their education. This commitment ensures that employees have access to a holistic range of development opportunities.
• Community: We'll immerse you into our community rooted in respect starting on day one. Appian fosters inclusivity through our 8 employee-led affinity groups. These groups help employees build stronger internal and external networks by planning social, educational, and outreach activities to connect with Appianites and larger initiatives throughout the company.