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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** ISHIFT LLC.
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** HTML, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Asana, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), System Configuration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Structures, Hypertext Transfer Protocols (HTTP), JSON, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle (Applications), Pentaho Data Integration, Performance Tuning, Scrum Methodology, Appian, Api Management, Web Api
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/74869054-software-engineer

## About the Role

Must have:

 * 3+ years developing full-time on Appian
 * ACTIVE Appian Senior Developer or Lead Developer certification - this

one is non-negotiable and lapsed credentials don't count

 * 5+ years in a related IT role
 * Web API development
 * Configuring Appian with complex API integrations, data structures,

business rules, and group/user security

 * Leading requirements workshops with non-technical stakeholders
 * Performance tuning of Appian processes and interfaces
 * MariaDB (preferred), MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MSSQL
 * HTML, CSS, HTTP, JSON
 * Microsoft Office including Visio
 * Agile/Scrum
 * Able to pass a federal background check

What makes you stand out:

 * Appian solutions that schedule requests across multiple assignable

resources

 * Appian integrated with the Microsoft Graph API for calendar events
 * Pentaho PDI or comparable ETL
 * ClickUp
 * Local to the DC metro area



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