Appian
Senior Software Engineer
$125K–$250K
McLean, Virginia +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- McLean, Virginia
Appian Corporation - US - Experience
- 3+ years of professional software development experience building enterprise-scale applications.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
About the job
Develop and modernize Appian’s cloud infrastructure to keep enterprise customer sites available, reliable, and performant while supporting its AI-powered process automation platform.
What you'll do
- Write and maintain clean, tested code for critical services and new projects; use agentic software tools responsibly.
- Lead projects and collaborate with stakeholders; conduct architecture and code reviews.
- Build resilient continuous delivery pipelines, modernize cloud infrastructure, and support services with documentation, runbooks, and incident response.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 3+ years of professional software development experience building enterprise-scale applications.
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language, such as Python, Go, or Java; foundational understanding of AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Ability to obtain or maintain an active Secret-level clearance (DoD Tier 3 investigation) to access IL4/IL5 environments.
Nice to have
- Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, Crossplane, and Terraform.
- Experience supporting high-volume, mission-critical production services or with AWS Managed Services.
Pay
$125,000 — $250,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Go, Java, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Crossplane
AI focus
Use agentic software tools to improve development efficiency responsibly; build infrastructure supporting Appian’s AI-powered process automation platform.
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