Principal Consultant

The role

You will lead transformative enterprise deployments and architect multi-application platform environments. This role focuses on platform scalability, engineered integrations, and system-level troubleshooting for AI-powered process automation.

What you will do

• Build and maintain standards and tools for platform scalability and resilience
• Perform hands-on design, development, and code reviews using SQL views, stored procedures, and REST/SOAP web services/APIs
• Isolate performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, resource contention, and latency spikes
• Analyze database execution plans, JVM/memory utilization, and Locust load test outputs
• Translate complex system diagnostics into strategic recommendations for technical stakeholders
• Mentor junior developers on DevSecOps and coding standards

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or Mathematics
• 10+ years of progressive IT experience
• 8+ years of specialized experience in enterprise web application architecture, deployment, and delivery
• Proven track record of leading technical teams through the full SDLC
• Gathering non-functional requirements and defining production readiness strategies
• Deep, hands-on expertise in Python and SQL
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript or Java
• Advanced experience designing relational data models (SQL Server, Oracle, or MariaDB)
• Experience with custom APIs and middleware/ESB orchestration layers
• Experience with web infrastructure and containerization using Kubernetes
• Experience with DevSecOps pipelines and test automation tools (Selenium)
• Experience with performance, load, and penetration testing methodologies

Nice to have

• Experience collaborating within high-velocity, cross-functional agile engineering environments
• Practical exposure to modern Generative AI integrations, LLM application pipelines, or vector databases
• Experience with enterprise platforms such as Salesforce or ServiceNow

Benefits

• Health coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free mental health support
• Life and disability insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Retirement/pension plan
• Wellness dollars
• Tuition reimbursement
• Family-forming benefits

About the company

Appian provides AI automation for the most important business processes at the world’s largest organizations. The company has been automating processes for more than 25 years.