Sr. Appian Software Engineer (Remote)

The Sr. Appian Software Engineer will report to the Sr. Director, Salesforce and

Marketing Technology in the Technology Department. This role is responsible for

owning the technical direction, build quality, and delivery of Appian-based

solutions supporting our Retirement & Wealth business, while acting as the

hands-on lead for a team of Appian developers.

* Serve as the primary technical lead for Appian applications supporting

Retirement & Wealth business processes, workflows, and integrations.

* Design, build, and maintain complex Appian applications, including process

models, interfaces (SAIL), data fabric/records, integrations, decision rules,

and expression rules.

* Set and enforce Appian development standards, design patterns, and governance

across the team to ensure consistent, scalable, and maintainable solutions.

* Translate business requirements from Product Owners and stakeholders into

technical designs, effort estimates, and delivery plans.

* Partner with solution architects to design integrations between Appian and

enterprise systems (e.g., Salesforce, SQL Server, REST/SOAP APIs, message

queues) with attention to security, performance, and data integrity.

* Lead technical design reviews and code reviews; ensure solutions align with

enterprise architecture direction, security standards, and non-functional

requirements (scalability, reliability, performance, maintainability).

* Mentor and provide day-to-day technical guidance to Appian developers;

support hiring, onboarding, and skill development on the team.

* Partner with QA, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to define and maintain

CI/CD pipelines for Appian package deployment across environments.

* Own performance tuning, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis for

production Appian applications; participate in incident response as needed.

* Evaluate new Appian platform capabilities, plug-ins, and releases; make

recommendations on adoption and upgrade planning.

* Maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, design

decisions, and application inventories.

* Communicate technical status, risks, and trade-offs clearly to senior

leadership and non-technical stakeholders.

* Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education & Experience:
• * 5+ years of software development experience, including 3+ years of hands-on
• Appian development
• * 2+ years in a technical lead or architect capacity, with direct
• responsibility for team output and design decisions
• * Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
• (or equivalent practical experience)
• * Preferred Certifications: Appian Certified Lead Developer (or equivalent
• Appian architect-level certification) and Appian Certified Senior
• Developer
• Skills & Abilities:
• * Deep hands-on experience with Appian: process models, SAIL interfaces,
• records/data fabric, integrations, decision rules, expression rules, and
• plug-ins
• * Proven track record developing and delivering enterprise-scale, low-code
• applications in a regulated or financial services environment
• * Strong understanding of Appian environment management, application packaging,
• and deployment across Dev/Test/Prod
• * Experience integrating Appian with external systems via REST/SOAP APIs,
• databases, and enterprise middleware
• * Working knowledge of relational databases (SQL Server or similar) and data
• modeling
• * Familiarity with CI/CD practices and tools (e.g., Azure DevOps) as applied to
• Appian package deployment
• * Solid grasp of application security fundamentals: authentication,
• authorization, and data protection within Appian
• * Experience leading or mentoring a development team, including code review and
• technical coaching
• * Ability to translate ambiguous business requirements into clear technical
• designs and delivery plans
• * Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with competing priorities,
• balancing long-term architecture with short-term delivery needs
• * Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present
• technical topics to senior leadership and non-technical stakeholders
• * Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments
• * Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with Product, QA, DevOps, and
• Infrastructure teams
• * Working knowledge of Salesforce Financial Services Cloud (FSC) a plus
• Other

Requirements

• * Travel up to (10%)
• * Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• * Occasionally lifts up to 25 pounds