Appian
Manager, Quality Engineering
$125K–$250K
McLean, Virginia +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Location
- McLean, Virginia
Appian Corporation - US - Experience
- 8+ years in Quality Assurance, with at least 3+ years in QA management, leadership, or supervision; 5+ years of hands-on test automation framework development.
About the job
Leads Appian’s QA team and builds scalable test automation frameworks and CI/CD processes to improve software quality.
What you'll do
- Lead, mentor, and manage QA engineers, including setting goals and reviewing test-suite code.
- Design and scale automated UI, API, unit, and performance testing frameworks and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines.
- Establish quality metrics, optimize testing processes, and assess code changes, feature breakdowns, and deployment risks.
What they ask for
- 8+ years in Quality Assurance, including at least 3+ years in a QA management, lead, or supervisory role.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience building test automation frameworks from the ground up using tools such as Playwright and Selenium.
- Strong proficiency in at least two automation languages, such as Python and TypeScript/JavaScript.
- Experience integrating automated suites into CI/CD pipelines and containerized environments; expertise in API, performance/load, and security testing basics; Agile/Scrum experience with tools such as Jira.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with AI-driven testing tools or autonomous test generation frameworks.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field; experience using AI tools for test automation is a plus.
Pay
$125,000 — $250,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Java, Python, Playwright, Selenium, Postman, GitLab CI, Docker, Kubernetes
AI focus
Preferred familiarity with AI-driven testing tools or autonomous test generation frameworks; AI tools for test automation are a plus.
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