Senior Software Engineer at Appian in Chennai, India

Job description

• Grow your engineering career building software that matters by powering AI automation for the world’s largest enterprises.
• Location: Chennai, | Work Model: On-site (5 days/week)
• As a Senior Software Engineer, you will take meaningful ownership of the software you build. You will bring deep technical expertise to a highly skilled team solving real problems at enterprise scale. As an experienced engineer, you’ll be equipped with cutting-edge AI tooling to design and deliver features of real sophistication, shape team-level engineering practices, and deepen your expertise while ensuring flawless Enterprise-Grade Orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Develop Clean Software: Architect, build, and optimize core platform features while maintaining a strong personal technical presence on the team.
• Engineer with AI: Use AI coding tools fluently as a force multiplier: generating, reviewing, and critically evaluating AI-assisted code to ship faster without compromising quality or correctness.
• Lead Architecture & Delivery: Drive technical story breakdowns, acceptance criteria, and architectural design across complex, multi-tier application layers — from feature scoping through implementation.
• Elevate Engineering Standards: Influence team practices through thorough code reviews, robust automated testing, mentorship of junior developers, and high-quality contributions to Appian's internal technical documentation.
• Resolve Emergent Problems: Respond to and resolve emergent platform issues, writing software and building automation frameworks to prevent problem recurrence.
• Collaborate in Agile Cycles: Utilize Git for version control while operating in a fast-paced, highly collaborative Agile development team environment.

Requirements

• Education: Minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or a related technical/analytical discipline. (Equivalent experience is not accepted in lieu of a degree).
• Experience: 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a BS (or 1+ years of experience paired with a Master of Science in Computer Science or a related field).
• Technical Proficiency: Expert coding, scripting, and debugging proficiency in one or more core enterprise programming languages.
• Domain Expertise: Solid technical domain expertise with the ability to contribute meaningfully at a senior individual contributor level.
• AI-Augmented Development: Demonstrated experience using AI coding assistants and a strong ability to evaluate, coach others on, and selectively apply AI-generated code in a production engineering context.
• Experience developing, operating, and cloud-provisioning services on infrastructure environments like AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
• We value experience with enterprise platforms such as Salesforce or ServiceNow, as these skills translate well into our Enterprise-Grade Orchestration environment.

Skills

Required

• AI coding assistants
• Git
• Agile development
• Automated testing
• Code review
• Mentorship

Preferred

• Cloud provisioning (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Benefits

• Training and Development: During onboarding, we focus on equipping new hires with the skills and knowledge for success through department-specific training. Continuous learning is a central focus at Appian, with dedicated mentorship and the First-Friend program being widely utilized resources for new hires.
• Growth Opportunities: Appian provides a diverse array of growth and development opportunities, including our leadership program tailored for new and aspiring managers, a comprehensive library of specialized department training through Appian University, skills based training, and tuition reimbursement for those aiming to advance their education. This commitment ensures that employees have access to a holistic range of development opportunities.
• Community: We’ll immerse you into our community rooted in respect starting on day one. Appian fosters inclusivity through our 8 employee-led affinity groups. These groups help employees build stronger internal and external networks by planning social, educational, and outreach activities to connect with Appianites and larger initiatives throughout the company.
• Benefits
• Appian offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, wellbeing, and financial future. Benefits may include health coverage, Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free mental health support, life and disability insurance, an Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), a retirement/pension plan, wellness dollars, tuition reimbursement, family-forming benefits and more. Benefits vary by country—please ask your Talent Acquisition contact for details specific to the location you are applying to.