Senior Technical Consultant

Here at Appian our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. When you join Appian youll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things together.

As a Senior Technical Consultant you will focus directly on core hands-on engineering system design and technical integration execution. Top technical talent joins Appian in this role to maintain individual contributor focus on complex architecturesbuilding low-latency integrations optimizing database schemas and diagnosing deep performance bottlenecks without heavy people-management overhead.

• Implement Scalable Platform Architecture: Build and maintain standards and tools to ensure high performance and resilience with a focus on reusability schema design data modeling query performance and responsive UX/UI best practices.
• Engineered Integrations: Perform hands-on design code implementation and unit testing using SQL views stored procedures and high-concurrency REST/SOAP web services/APIs.
• System-Level Troubleshooting: Rapidly diagnose performance bottlenecks memory usage CPU constraints and network latency spikes across the web application stack.
• Performance Profiling & Analysis: Analyze database execution plans system logs and Locust load test outputs to isolate and resolve root-cause performance bottlenecks.
• Technical Quality & Enablement: Ensure continuous integration and delivery alignment by applying strong DevSecOps practices robust automated testing and clean coding standards.

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or Mathematics.
• 8 years of progressive IT experience including 5 years of specialized experience in enterprise web application development delivery and deployment.
• Agile Software Delivery: Proven hands-on experience developing configuring testing and deploying enterprise-grade software applications in an agile delivery environment.
• Core Engineering Stack: Deep technical expertise in Python and SQL supplemented by working knowledge of JavaScript or Java.
• Data & Middleware Architecture: Strong experience designing relational data models (SQL Server Oracle or MariaDB) custom APIs and middleware/ESB orchestration layers.
• Infrastructure & Testing: Practical experience with web application infrastructure containerization using Kubernetes DevSecOps concepts test automation tools (Selenium) and performance/load testing methodologies.

• Experience operating within high-velocity cross-functional engineering teams.
• Hands-on exposure to modern Generative AI integrations LLM application pipelines or vector databases.
• Ecosystem Experience: We value experience with enterprise platforms such as Salesforce or ServiceNow as these skills translate well into our Enterprise-Grade Orchestration environment.

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Tools and Resources

• Training and Development: During onboarding we focus on equipping new hires with the skills and knowledge for success through department-specific training. Continuous learning is a central focus at Appian with dedicated mentorship and the First-Friend program being widely utilized resources for new hires.
• Growth Opportunities: Appian provides a diverse array of growth and development opportunities including our leadership program tailored for new and aspiring managers a comprehensive library of specialized department training through Appian University skills based training and tuition reimbursement for those aiming to advance their education. This commitment ensures that employees have access to a holistic range of development opportunities.
• Community: Well immerse you into our community rooted in respect starting on day one. Appian fosters inclusivity through our 8 employee-led affinity groups. These groups help employees build stronger internal and external networks by planning social educational and outreach activities to connect with Appianites and larger initiatives throughout the company.

Benefits

Appian offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health wellbeing and financial future. Benefits may include health coverage Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free mental health support life and disability insurance an Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) a retirement/pension plan wellness dollars tuition reimbursement family-forming benefits and more. Benefits vary by countryplease ask your Talent Acquisition contact for details specific to the location you are applying to.

About Appian

Appian provides AI automation for mission-critical work. We automate complex processes in large enterprises and governments. Our platform is known for its unique reliability and scale. Weve been automating processes for more than 25 years and understand enterprise operations like no one else. For more information visit . Nasdaq: APPN

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