Appian
Lead Applied AI Engineer
$150K–$300K
United States +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026
- Location
- United States
Appian Corporation - US - Experience
- 7+ years with a BS, or 5+ years with a relevant MS.
- Education
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or a related technical/analytical discipline; alternatively, a Master of Science in Computer Science or a related field with 5+ years of experience.
About the job
Leads hands-on development of production AI systems that understand enterprise applications, including agents, application intelligence, specification extraction, and evaluation.
What you'll do
- Architect, build, and optimize production AI systems, including reliable agents and orchestration.
- Develop application specification extraction, semantic and dependency models, retrieval, and evaluation pipelines.
- Improve enterprise-scale reliability, latency, and efficiency; mentor engineers and document technical expertise.
What they ask for
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or a related technical/analytical discipline.
- 7+ years of relevant software development experience with a BS, or 5+ years paired with a Master of Science in Computer Science or a related field.
- Strong distributed-systems background, including retries, idempotency, partial failure, long-running tasks, and recovery.
- Strong software engineering, data-pipeline, and observability skills; production-service ownership; demonstrated AI coding assistant experience; and exceptional technical communication.
Nice to have
- Expertise in code search, repository intelligence, or developer tools.
- Experience with legacy codebase and workflow modernization; enterprise platforms such as Salesforce or ServiceNow.
Pay
$150,000 — $300,000 USD base salary
Tools
AI coding tools, Salesforce, ServiceNow
AI focus
Builds production AI agents and orchestration, extracts specifications from existing systems, models application intelligence and retrieval, and creates LLM evaluation and CI pipelines.
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