Senior Appian Developer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain intricate Appian applications that support enterprise business processes and operational workflows.

• Lead efforts for the remediation, conversion, and modernization of custom Appian plugins.

• Analyze legacy plugin implementations and propose scalable modernization strategies.

• Troubleshoot complex issues related to Appian applications, integrations, custom plugins, and infrastructure dependencies.

• Collaborate with architects and technical leadership to formulate solution approaches, development standards, and modernization strategies.

• Support Appian platform upgrades and remediation across various environments, including development, testing, and production.

• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to development teams.

• Engage in architecture discussions, technical design reviews, code reviews, and implementation planning.

• Develop and maintain reusable components, shared frameworks, and integration standards.

• Facilitate integrations involving APIs, web services, databases, and external enterprise systems.

• Assist with performance optimization, scalability, and initiatives aimed at operational stability.

• Participate in Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

• Collaborate with Scrum Masters, Business Analysts, QA teams, architects, and stakeholders.

• Assist with technical estimation, release planning, dependency management, and risk identification.

• Support troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and resolution of production or deployment issues.

• Promote continuous improvement across development workflows, delivery processes, and technical standards.

• Advocate for modernization strategies and identify opportunities to enhance maintainability, automation, and delivery efficiency.

• Stay updated on Appian updates, emerging technologies, and best practices for modernization.

• Facilitate knowledge-sharing and mentorship within the Appian practice.

• Provide insights on emerging Appian AI capabilities and assist leadership in evaluating modernization opportunities.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 6 years of professional software development experience.

• Bachelor’s degree is required.

• At least 4 years of hands-on experience in Appian development.

• Minimum of 4 years supporting Appian application development in Agile software delivery environments.

• At least 4 years of experience troubleshooting and supporting Appian applications in self-managed/on-premises Linux environments, including navigating Appian installations and reviewing application and server logs.

• A minimum of 4 years supporting complex integrations involving APIs, web services, databases, and external systems.

• At least 4 years of experience utilizing Git/GitLab and modern source control practices.

• US Citizenship or Green Card is required.

• Ability to obtain Public Trust clearance is necessary.

• Must reside in the United States and perform work within the United States.

• Appian Certified Senior Developer or Appian Certified Lead Developer certification is preferred.

• Strong experience in developing, maintaining, or modernizing custom Appian plugins using Java is preferred.

• Solid proficiency with SQL and relational database concepts is preferred.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, or containerized deployment approaches is preferred.

• Experience supporting AWS-hosted or cloud-native application environments is preferred.

• Strong experience with REST/SOAP integrations, API development, and enterprise integration patterns is preferred.

• Exposure to Appian AI capabilities, AI Skills, AI Copilot, AI Document Processing, AI Agents, or other emerging features of the Appian platform is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.

• Reasonable accommodations for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs.

• Benefits information provided under the Transparency in (Benefits) Coverage Act.