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, you’ll be part of a passionate team that’s dedicated to accomplishing hard things.
As a Software Engineer working on the Appian platform, your mission will be to ensure that Appian is always fast, scalable, and up to whatever tasks our customers configure it to do. This position requires the mental agility to jump from the deep code-level view of Appian, to the designer’s view, to the end user’s view, and back again. Learn how to master the advanced technologies we use to write software that runs software, and enhance our declarative programming language.
This role is based at our headquarters in McLean, Virginia. Appian was built on a culture of in-person 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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• BE/B.Tech/B.S. in Computer Science or Computer Engineering,
• Excellent communication skills with Fluency in Java, and familiarity with git and Shell

• To utilize your knowledge of our software to design new features and implement improvements to existing features
• The ability to respond to and resolve emergent problems; write software and build automation to prevent problem recurrence
• The ability and desire to design features of increasing sophistication in small, tightly integrated, and highly-skilled teams
• The ability to manage availability, latency, scalability, and efficiency of Appian by engineering reliability into software and systems.