Senior Software Engineer - Database Platform
Appian · McLean, VA · Engineering
About this role
Appian is hiring a senior-level Platform Engineer in the software engineering function based in McLean, VA. The posting calls out experience with Java, AWS, CI/CD, Data Structures.
- Role
- Platform Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- McLean, VA
- Department
- Engineering
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Job description
from Appian careersHere at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them, ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment, holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. When you join Appian, you’ll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things, together.
As a Senior Software Engineer working on the Appian platform, your mission will be to ensure Appian is always fast, scalable and up to whatever tasks our customers configure it to do. You will be solving problems of scale and flexibility that most engineers never see, building a product capable of serving our customers in ways you never imagined. Your scope extends from the high-performance data layer to the cross-platform user interface to the design tools used to create it.
To be successful in this role, you will:
- Respond to and resolve emergent problems; write software and build automation to prevent problem recurrence.
- Leverage knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns to write software in a full-stack Java & web technology environment.
- Utilize both object-oriented as well as functional programming approaches in different technologies to implement features effectively.