Principal Software Engineer - Appian

This role will be a Principal Appian Developer; Appian experience is required., Summary: The Principal Appian Developer will serve as a design authority and capability multiplier for our Appian platform. This role is responsible not only for delivering high-complexity solutions, but for defining standards, enabling teams, and reducing dependency on external partners. This is not a senior "feature developer" role. Success in this position is measured by how effectively the incumbent scales Appian capability across teams, not by how much work they personally complete., * Acts as a design authority for Appian solutions, guiding architecture and design decisions across applications.

• Leads delivery of high-complexity Appian solutions, including case management, record-centric applications, integrations, and reporting.
• Defines, evolves, and enforces Appian standards and patterns (data, records, interfaces, processes, reporting, performance).
• Enable and mentor other Appian developers through reviews, guidance, and structured knowledge sharing
• Reduces reliance on external vendors by building internal Appian self-sufficiency.
• Ensures solutions adhere to platform guardrails, performance best practices, and security requirements.
• Partners with product, business, and platform teams to align Appian solutions to business outcomes.
• Influences Appian DevOps, deployment, and performance monitoring practices in collaboration with shared teams.

Shared / Platform Responsibilities:

Provide leadership input into:

• Packaging and promotion readiness
• CI/CD and automated testing strategy
• Performance monitoring and tuning practices
• Collaborate with platform, DevOps, and security teams to ensure Appian solutions scale safely and reliably, To facilitate working from home, and as a requirement for this role, candidates must provide their own reliable, high speed internet access with sufficient bandwidth to execute all job functions. Company laptop will be provided - (except for temporary internship roles)

Bachelor's degree from four-year College or university; plus six to eight years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Prefer experience in Healthcare, PBM and/or ABM, workers' compensation and/or insurance industry. Requires a deep understanding of the application of Agile development methodology.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Required experience:

• 5+ years Appian development (end-to-end delivery in Appian Designer)

• Designing/building Appian SAIL interfaces (complex forms, grids, UX patterns, validation, responsive layouts)

• BPM / workflow (Process Models, subprocess patterns, process variables, timers, escalations, SLAs, exception handling)

• Data: Record Types, data modeling, Record views/related actions, data sync patterns, query optimization

• Integrations: Integration Objects, Connected Systems, Web APIs (REST/SOAP), authentication patterns (OAuth2/JWT/basic), error handling/retries

• Strong understanding of SQL (selects, inserts/updates, joins, stored procedures/functions) and relational data modeling

• Security design: groups/roles, object security, record-level security, least-privilege patterns, environment separation

• Performance & scalability: query tuning, paging, async patterns, expression optimization, interface performance troubleshooting

• Deployment & SDLC: packaging, environment promotion, versioning strategies, release management, automated testing approach

• Demonstrated technical leadership: solution architecture, standards/governance, code reviews, mentoring, and leading delivery teams

The following knowledge is not required, but is preferred:

• Appian certification(s) (Associate / Lead / Senior / specific specialty as applicable)

• Appian RPA and/or Process Mining

• Appian plugin development / extensions (e.g., Connected Systems, component plugins) and familiarity with Java for extensions

• Enterprise integration patterns (queues/events, middleware, iPaaS), and API lifecycle practices (versioning, contracts, observability)

• CI/CD for Appian (automated deployments, pipeline integration, environment config management)

• Testing tooling/strategy for Appian (automated regression approach, interface test patterns, API testing)

• Authentication/SSO (SAML, OIDC) and enterprise security controls

• Experience with MS SQL Server

• Cloud infrastructure exposure (Appian Cloud operations concepts, networking basics, monitoring)

• Familiarity with Agile delivery and working with product owners/BA teams on process discovery and iterative delivery

• UI familiarity (helpful, not required): HTML/CSS, Bootstrap-style layout thinking, accessibility/usability practices

Agile Competency Requirements:

• Requires an understanding of the application of Agile development methodology.
• Must be comfortable with change, close collaboration, and have conflict resolution skills.
• Knowledge of or willingness to learn Agile / DevOps values.
• Takes initiative and are passionate about what they do.

Role-Based Competencies:

• Shows Drive & Initiative
• Collaboration & Teamwork
• Delivers Quality Results Timely
• Communicates Effectively
• Job Knowledge & Skills

Pulled from the full job description

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Paid holidays

Full job description

Healthesystems offers workplace flexibility with our Work-From-Home model, and a competitive compensation and benefits package including healthcare coverage, PTO, paid holidays, 401(k), company-provided life insurance/disability coverage, wellness options, and more.

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