CodeNinja Inc.

Appian QA & Automation Engineer

CodeNinja Inc.  •  Riyadh, SA (Onsite)  •  2 hours ago
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Job Description

About the Company

CodeNinja is a full-stack Sovereign AI delivery company helping Saudi enterprises and government entities build, own, and compound AI and engineering capability permanently, rather than renting it through vendor contracts. Operating from Riyadh with delivery capability across the Kingdom and the broader MENA region, CodeNinja works across priority sectors including government digitization, energy, financial services, logistics, and healthcare, and is recognized among the 100 fastest-growing technology companies of 2026 by Clutch. Through embedded engineering teams, AI capability centers, and owned application infrastructure, CodeNinja partners with banks and enterprises to modernize systems and operationalize intelligence across mission-critical workflows.

About Role

We’re looking for an Appian QA & Automation Engineer to own quality for Appian applications at a leading bank in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. You will build the test strategy and automation that let the team release frequently without regressions in critical banking workflows. This is an onsite role in Riyadh, open to all nationalities, requiring strong test engineering experience on Appian or comparable BPM/low-code platforms.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define the test strategy across functional, integration, regression, UAT, performance and security testing
  • Build and maintain UI automation for Appian using the Appian Selenium API, FitNesse for Appian or Cucumber-based frameworks
  • Automate API and integration tests for Appian Web APIs and downstream services (Karate, REST Assured or Postman/Newman)
  • Embed automated tests in CI/CD pipelines with quality gates before each deployment
  • Run performance and load testing (JMeter, Gatling or Appian performance tooling) for peak banking volumes
  • 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 with business users, track defects through to closure and report quality metrics to delivery leadership

Requirements

  • 10+ years of total experience, including 6+ years of hands-on Appian development
  • Appian Certified Senior Developer (mandatory)
  • Notice period of 1 month, or immediate joiners preferred

Must Haves

  • Expert in SAIL, interface design patterns and Appian Portals/Sites
  • Strong Appian Data Fabric skills: record types, sync, relationships, custom record fields and record-level security
  • Data modeling and SQL (views, indexes, stored procedures)
  • Eye for UX, with experience working alongside UX/UI designers
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting and communication skills

Nice to Have

  • Experience with Appian AI features (AI Skills, document extraction, AI Copilot)
  • Appian Component Plug-ins (React/JavaScript)
  • Figma familiarity
  • Customer-facing portal experience in banking

Benefits

Why Join Us

Set the quality bar for mission-critical banking applications at a leading bank in KSA, and build the automation that lets the team ship with confidence.

Disclaimer

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the role. It is not exhaustive and may be subject to change based on business needs.

CodeNinja Inc.

About CodeNinja Inc.

CodeNinja is a Middle Eastern–American Software & AI company helping businesses build AI systems and learning architectures for mission-critical workloads.

With offices in Seattle, San Francisco, Riyadh, and Lahore, our work centers on enabling organizations to develop capabilities across workplaces and factory floors using both open-source and proprietary AI models, spanning generative and deterministic systems.

We believe most workplaces and factory floors are not ready for the post-AGI era of work. Our mission is to help enterprises reimagine how work itself is organized and executed so that human talent and automation not only coexist but thrive. We call this mission: “Reimagining Workplaces for Post-AGI Readiness.”

At the core of our approach is Hyper Tools, our integrated Platform + Services model, designed to accelerate the creation of AI applications and agents in complex domains. Hyper Tools reduces the generality of large models through reinforcement learning, rapid development workflows and purpose built synthetic and manual Data creation.

Our focus spans four core thrust areas:

Physical AI Systems – Building AI/ML systems for physical infrastructure. Some of the world’s leading chemical and energy companies rely on CodeNinja’s outcome-based, vendor-independent models to enhance operational efficiency and revenue.

Work AI – Developing agentic AI systems that transform workplace processes into adaptive, intelligent experiences.

Hyper Core – Enabling enterprises to build software and automation layers in-house instead of outsourcing to Software Services Vendors.

Global Capability & AI Centers – Partnering with universities and developer communities in South Asia and South America to build AI and research talent pipelines, helping global companies scale their capabilities sustainably.

Founded by 4 Engineers and incredible team of operators, CodeNinja is united by this mantra of " Inspiration and Innovation for every knowledge worker in the world"

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Austin, Texas
Year Founded
2014
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