Experienced Hire Engineering McLean, Virginia
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 Senior Software Engineer working in the Data Fabric Group, 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 high-performance data layer to the cross-platform user interface to the design tools used to create it.
Responsibilities: Leverage knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns to write software in a full-stack Java & web technology environment, including but not limited to Gradle, JDBC, Hibernate, Spring, Kafka, Quartz, Typescript, Redux and React.Utilize both object-oriented 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.Be a strong 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.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.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 Appian's long-term documentation through publishing relevant, high-quality content to Engineering's technical documentation site.Preferred Experience Level: MS in Computer Science or related field/degree and 1+ years of relevant experience, or a BS and 3+ years of relevant experience; Experience in a high-volume or critical production service environment; Fluency in Java or C#.
Education: B.S. in Computer Science or related field/degree.
About Appian: Appian is a software company that automates business processes. The Appian AI-Powered Process Platform includes everything you need to design, automate, and optimize even the most complex processes, from start to finish. The world's most innovative organizations trust Appian to improve their workflows, unify data, and optimize operations—resulting in better growth and superior customer experiences. For more information, visit appian.com. [Nasdaq: APPN]
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