Senior Appian Developer

Job Title: SeniorAppian Developer
Duration- Fulltime Permanent
Location: West Des Moines, Iowa - 50266 Onsite
Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Appian Developer to design, build, and maintain scalable workflow, case management, and automation solutions on the Appian Low-Code Platform. The ideal candidate has strong hands on expertise with Appian objects, integrations, security models, and performance optimization across multiple environments.
Key Responsibilities
1. Application Design & Development
• Design and implement Appian applications including:
o Records (Database-backed, Service-backed, API-backed)
o Process models & process orchestration
o SAIL interfaces, sites, reports, dashboards
o Data Stores, CDTs, and XSD structures
o Complex business rules and expression logic
• Develop reusable components, patterns, and frameworks for enterprise-scale delivery.
• Implement workflows involving human in the loop tasks (approvals, reviews, exceptions).

2. Appian Security & Access Management
• Define and manage role-based access control (RBAC) using:
o Groups
o Role groups
o Application-level permissions
• Implement secure credential handling for connected systems and integrations.
• Apply Appian best practices for least privileged access across environments.
• Support SSO / MFA / OAuth2 / API key–based authentication as needed.

3. Integrations & API Development
• Design and build integrations using:
o Appian Connected Systems
o Appian Web APIs
o Third-party REST/SOAP services
• Handle complex external system communication including:
o Data ingestion & transformation
o Asynchronous messaging
o Error handling and retries
• Collaborate with external engineering teams to ensure end to end data flow reliability.

4. Performance Optimization & Platform Health
• Perform health checks and tune applications for:
o CPU & memory efficiency
o Process model load reduction
o Data store performance
o Integration responsiveness
• Troubleshoot platform issues such as:
o Slowness
o Process model bottlenecks
o Integration errors
o UI rendering issues
• Conduct load tests and build scalable processes for high concurrency environments.

5. Environment Management & DevOps Support
• Work across DEV → TEST → STAGE → PROD environments.
• Support deployments using Appian deployment packages and automated pipelines.
• Adhere to change management, code review, and release governance processes.
• Participate in production support troubleshooting and defect triage.

6. Documentation & Best Practices
• Create technical design documents, architecture diagrams, and support runbooks.
• Maintain version control and follow enterprise Appian development standards.
• Contribute to reusable accelerators, coding frameworks, and development guidelines.

Required Qualifications
• 3–7+ years hands-on Appian development experience
• Strong proficiency in:
o SAIL
o Process model design
o Integrations (REST APIs, Web APIs, Connected Systems)
o Appian Records and Data Modeling
• Understanding of Appian security, user management, and deployment pipelines
• Experience troubleshooting complex issues using Appian logs and monitoring tools
• Solid grasp of relational databases, query optimization, and data modeling
• Ability to collaborate with business analysts, QA engineers, and cross-functional teams
• Good to have AWS knowledge.