Software Engineer

About the Team

Appian Engineering spans the full depth of our platform: from the foundational layers that power enterprise scale, to the AI capabilities redefining what automation can do. We operate in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment focused on technical precision, continuous learning, and high code quality. By joining our team, you will solve real-world problems that directly shape how Appian delivers our AI-Powered Process Automation Platform to enterprises around the world.

The Opportunity

As a Software Engineer II, you will move beyond foundational execution to take meaningful ownership of the software you build. Where you land depends on your experience and the team's needs—but in every case, you will join a small, highly skilled team equipped with cutting-edge AI tooling. As an experienced engineer, you will work alongside your peers to design and deliver features of real sophistication, shape engineering practices, and deepen your expertise while ensuring flawless Enterprise-Grade Orchestration.

What You'll Do

• Develop Clean Software: Leverage your knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design patterns to write robust full-stack software components.
• Engineer with AI: Use AI coding tools fluently as a force multiplier: generating, reviewing, and critically evaluating AI-assisted code to ship faster without compromising quality or correctness.
• Contribute to Architecture: Actively participate in technical story breakdowns, acceptance criteria definition, and the architectural design of new feature implementations.
• Drive Engineering Quality: Influence team engineering practices, write robust automated tests, and perform thorough code reviews focused on design and implementation quality.
• Resolve Emergent Problems: Respond to and resolve emergent platform issues, writing software and building automation frameworks to prevent problem recurrence.
• Collaborate in Agile Cycles: Utilize Git for version control while operating in a fast-paced, highly collaborative Agile development team environment.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or a related technical/analytical field. (Equivalent experience is not accepted in lieu of a degree).
• Experience: 1+ years of relevant professional experience developing software in a fast-paced, collaborative ecosystem.
• AI-Augmented Development: Demonstrated experience using AI coding assistants (such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar tools) and a strong ability to assess, critique, and selectively apply AI-generated code.
• Language Command: Foundational development experience and technical fluency in Java or C#.
• Version Control: Proven experience utilizing Git for collaborative branch management and code deployments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise platforms such as Salesforce or ServiceNow, as these skills translate well into our Enterprise-Grade Orchestration environment.

What We Equip You With

• High-Impact Autonomy: A supportive environment where your ideas will be actively heard, and you will own increasingly sophisticated features.
• New Hire Orientation: A robust onboarding pipeline designed to integrate you smoothly into our technology stack.
• Continuous Enablement: Access to premier learning resources and dedicated learning time to build your technical expertise.
• Sponsored Certifications: Full corporate sponsorship for professional technical certifications to advance your engineering credentials.

Pay & Benefits

Base Salary Range: $100,000 USD - $200,000 USD

Appian provides generous benefits offerings that include a 401(k) plan with company match, flexible time off, paid parental leave, medical, dental, and vision plans, life insurance, disability insurance, wellness programs, flexible spending accounts, health savings account contributions, an employee referral bonus program, and learning and development resources. Certain positions may be eligible for equity awards.