Lead Software Engineer
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Job Description
Here at Appian our core values of Respect Work to Impact Ambition and Constructive Dissent & Resolution define who we are. In short this means we constantly seek to understand the best for our customers we go beyond completion in our work we strive for excellence with intensity and we embrace candid communication. These values guide our actions and shape our culture every day. When you join Appian youll be part of a passionate team thats dedicated to accomplishing hard things.
As a Lead Software Engineer working on the Appian platform your mission will be to ensure Appian is always fast scalable and up to whatever tasks our customers configure it to do. You will be solving problems of scale and flexibility that most engineers never see building a product capable of serving our customers in ways you never imagined. Your scope extends from the highperformance data layer to the crossplatform user interface to the design tools used to create it.
This role is based at our headquarters in McLean Virginia. Appian was built on a culture of inperson collaboration which we believe is a key driver of our mission to be the best. Employees hired for this position are expected to be in the office 5 days a week to foster that culture and ensure we continue to thrive through shared ideas and teamwork. We believe being in the office provides more opportunities to come together and celebrate working with the exceptional people across Appian.
To be successful in this role you will:
- Leverage knowledge of data structures algorithms and design patterns to write software in a fullstack Java & web technology environment including but not limited to Gradle JDBC Hibernate Spring Kafka Quartz Typescript Redux and React.
- Utilize both objectoriented as well as functional programming approaches in different technologies to implement features effectively.
- Leverage relevant software development experience to radiate best practices and faster development.
- Manage availability latency scalability and efficiency of the product by designing reliability into software and systems.
- Troubleshoot investigate and diagnose incidents using a combination of tracing alerting and log analysis.
- Contribute to software performance analysis and system tuning
- Key contributor to team feature breakdowns/sizing and design of new feature implementations.
- Have a high degree of personal responsibility for the overall performance of the team including capabilities quality stability and velocity.
- Perform code reviews which provide feedback not only on code quality but on design and implementation.
- Respond to and resolve emergent problems; write software and build automation to prevent problem recurrence with tools such as JUnit Spock Jest Jaeger and/or Locust.
- Seek to identify opportunities for code refactoring and performance optimizations on a regular basis and champion these efforts within the team.
- Mentor junior software engineers by sharing bestpractices and providing guidance on how to become more proficient.
- Share advanced knowledge regularly on a team and occasionally with others in the department; build a reputation as a key resource in those areas.
- Effectively communicate technical designs verbally and/or in writing for small to medium sized technical audiences.
- Contribute to Appians longterm documentation through publishing relevant highquality content to Engineerings technical documentation site.
Basic Qualifications:
- 8 years experience building and delivering enterprise grade software applications
- Youre a tinkerer at heart with an innate ability to solve tough system problems
- Strong knowledge of and experience with various types of database systems access patterns and query optimization.
- Experience in CI/CD in Cloud environments like AWS and continuous integration systems like gitlab pipelines
- Experience in serviceoriented architecture containerization and kubernetes
- You thrive on solving labyrinthine problems within large highperformance realtime distributed data systems
- BS in Computer Science or related technical discipline
- MS in Computer Science preferred
- Demonstrable understanding of systems algorithms OO design and web API design.
- You have been a strong contributor to breakdowns/sizing and design of new feature implementations.
- You value agile delivery of highquality software.
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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 departmentspecific training. Continuous learning is a central focus at Appian with dedicated mentorship and the FirstFriend 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 employeeled 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.
About Appian
Appian is a software company that automates business processes. The Appian AIPowered Process Platform includes everything you need to design automate and optimize even the most complex processes from start to finish. The worlds most innovative organizations trust Appian to improve their workflows unify data and optimize operationsresulting in better growth and superior customer experiences. For more information visit appian. Nasdaq: APPN
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