2 months ago
Chennai, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define the long-term architectural vision and governance for the Appian platform.
- Identify systemic technical risks and lead task forces addressing architectural bottlenecks.
- Develop internal tools and SDKs to improve infrastructure and developer productivity.
- Troubleshoot complex production issues through deep technical investigations.
- Promote AI-native engineering practices and integrate AI features into the platform.
- Lead development of core platform libraries and high-risk prototypes.
- Review high-impact design documents through the Architectural Guild.
- Mentor lead and senior engineers and represent Appian in the technology community.
- Improve operational resilience through self-healing and highly available systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- At least 15 years of software engineering experience, including significant experience architecting large-scale distributed systems.
- Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
- Proven transformational leadership in technological migrations or strategies.
- Expertise in Java and cloud-native ecosystems.
- Experience with AI/ML at scale and AWS multi-region deployments.
- Expert-level proficiency in Java or similar programming languages.
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD automation.
- Knowledge of high-performance SQL, NoSQL, and vector databases.
- Understanding of enterprise-grade security and compliance.
- Ability to influence without authority, build consensus, and connect technical decisions to business outcomes.
Benefits
- Health coverage, an Employee Assistance Program with mental health support, life and disability insurance, an Employee Stock Purchase Program, retirement or pension benefits, wellness dollars, tuition reimbursement, and family-forming benefits may be available depending on country.
- Department-specific onboarding training, continuous learning, mentorship, and the First-Friend program.
- Leadership development, Appian University training, skills-based training, and tuition reimbursement.
- Access to employee-led affinity groups and community, social, educational, and outreach activities.
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.