3 months ago
Chennai, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Translate long-term business goals into scalable technical milestones and roadmaps with Product Leadership
- Lead the architecture of distributed, event-driven, and cloud-native systems, including system boundaries, data consistency, and integration patterns
- Drive AI-native engineering practices and implement intelligent AI features into the Appian platform
- Set architectural and code-quality standards while reducing technical debt
- Create internal frameworks and Golden Paths that improve developer productivity across engineering teams
- Serve as the final escalation point for critical production outages and performance bottlenecks
- Mentor Senior Engineers and influence engineering culture through design reviews and technical coaching
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; education from a highly selective engineering institution is preferred
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Deep expertise in Java or similar major programming languages, modern web technologies, data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and object-oriented and functional programming
- Proven experience leading technical initiatives from conception through global production deployment
- Extensive experience building and scaling distributed systems in AWS cloud-native environments and modernizing applications or platforms
- Strong enterprise application architecture, performance optimization, and large-scale codebase experience
- Experience with AI/ML integration, including RAG or agentic workflows, is preferred
- Experience using Amazon Q, Kiro, and Claude is preferred
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and advanced CI/CD automation
- Familiarity with Grafana, Prometheus, and ELK observability stacks
- Experience with relational, NoSQL, and vector databases
- Understanding of enterprise security, including OAuth2, OIDC, and encryption at rest and in transit
- Ability to communicate technical trade-offs in terms of business value, think systemically, take ownership, and mentor engineers
Benefits
- Training and development during onboarding, ongoing mentorship, and the First-Friend program
- Leadership programs, Appian University training, skills-based training, and tuition reimbursement
- Employee-led affinity groups and an inclusive community
- Health coverage, Employee Assistance Program with mental health support, life and disability insurance, Employee Stock Purchase Program, retirement/pension plan, wellness dollars, and family-forming benefits
- Benefits vary by country and location-specific details are available from Talent Acquisition
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About Appian
Appian builds a low-code platform for process automation, case management, and data orchestration, used by large enterprises and government agencies to design and run mission-critical workflows. It sells subscriptions and services for cloud and on-premise deployments, spanning BPM, RPA, process mining, and AI-enabled capabilities. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Appian is a public company listed on NASDAQ.