Appian

Senior Software Engineer

Appian
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19 days ago
McLean, VA, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$125k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop clean, reliable, well-tested code for critical services and new projects.
  • Lead high-impact infrastructure projects within small collaborative teams.
  • Conduct architecture and code reviews focused on performance, maintainability, and security.
  • Build resilient continuous delivery pipelines aligned with platform deployment goals.
  • Modernize cloud-native infrastructure using Kubernetes, Crossplane, and AWS Managed Services.
  • Author documentation and runbooks and participate in incident response as needed.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • At least 3 years of professional software development experience building enterprise-scale applications.
  • Proficiency in at least one modern programming language, such as Python, Go, or Java.
  • Foundational knowledge of AWS, Azure, or GCP for scalable, serverless, or cloud-native applications.
  • Excellent spoken and written communication skills and collaborative problem-solving ability.
  • Ability to obtain or maintain an active Secret-level clearance through a DoD Tier 3 investigation.
  • Preferred: hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, Crossplane, and Terraform.
  • Preferred: experience on infrastructure or platform teams supporting high-volume, mission-critical production services.
  • Preferred: proficiency with scripting languages such as Bash or Python.
  • Preferred: experience with AWS Managed Services including EKS, MSK, ElastiCache, and RDS.

Benefits

  • On-site work in McLean, Virginia.
  • Base benefits include a 401(k) plan with company match, flexible time off, paid parental leave, medical, dental, and vision plans, life and disability insurance, wellness programs, flexible spending accounts, health savings account contributions, employee referral bonuses, and learning and development resources.
  • Additional offerings may include an Employee Assistance Program, Employee Stock Purchase Program, retirement or pension plans, wellness dollars, tuition reimbursement, family-forming benefits, and equity awards where eligible.
  • Training, mentorship, Appian University courses, leadership development, skills-based training, and tuition reimbursement are available.
Appian

About Appian

1,001-5,000 employees

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.

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