3 hours ago
Chennai, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Architect and construct high-performance, resilient platform features, APIs, and shared frameworks.
- Execute technical spikes to improve system stability, modularity, and scalability.
- Lead code reviews, proactive refactoring, and low-latency performance optimization.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and provide technical leadership.
- Design automated workflows and self-service platform tools that reduce developer friction.
- Author design documents and system guides to maintain architectural alignment across engineering teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 5+ years of software engineering experience focused on Platform Engineering, Enterprise Software Design, or Developer Enablement.
- Deep hands-on proficiency in Java, Python, or Go.
- Experience with distributed systems, microservices, modular design, and high-throughput API development.
- Strong troubleshooting and observability skills using telemetry, logging, and monitoring tools.
- Preferred experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, CI/CD pipelines, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, GitOps, internal developer platforms, cloud cost optimization, SOC2, FedRAMP, Salesforce, or ServiceNow.
Benefits
- On-site work model in Chennai, India.
- Department-specific onboarding, continuous learning, mentorship, and the First-Friend program.
- Leadership development, Appian University training, skills-based training, and tuition reimbursement.
- Eight employee-led affinity groups and community-building activities.
- Benefits may include health coverage, an Employee Assistance Program with mental health support, life and disability insurance, an Employee Stock Purchase Program, retirement or pension plans, wellness dollars, tuition reimbursement, and family-forming benefits; benefits vary by country.
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.