Senior Consultant

Here 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.

Appian Customer Success is obsessed with delivering exceptional customer outcomes and high-velocity business impact. Our Public Sector team acts as a trusted strategic partner to government agencies and organizations, bringing their most vital ideas to life. By joining this high-performing team, you will strengthen and evolve your technical consulting skills while accelerating the adoption of our AI-Powered Process Automation platform across critical public infrastructure.

As a Senior Consultant, you will step into a pivotal leadership role at the intersection of public sector strategy and modern technical innovation. This is your opportunity to move beyond isolated coding tasks and own the end-to-end delivery of highly visible, complex enterprise systems. You will lead small engineering teams, architect robust integrations, and serve as a trusted technical advisor to client stakeholders - enabling enterprise organizations to achieve true Enterprise-Grade Orchestration.

• Lead Project Delivery:
  Oversee and drive the entire project lifecycle to define, design, and implement custom automation solutions using the Appian platform.
• Mentor & Develop Talent:
  Actively lead, coach, and mentor junior consultants through fast-paced software implementations, fostering a culture of technical excellence.
• Architect Integrations:
  Build seamless data pipelines and robust APIs to integrate multiple external enterprise systems using REST, SOAP, and JDBC connections.
• Drive Data Modeling:
  Design and launch sophisticated relational data models in production environments utilizing advanced SQL development.
• Partner in Agile Environments:
  Collaborate within cross-functional teams using Agile methodologies (sprints, stand-ups, pair programming) to quickly deliver high-value capabilities.
• Empower Stakeholders:
  Work directly with technical teams and business users to drive platform adoption, ensuring clients become self-sufficient in building process applications.

• Degree:
  Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
• Experience:
  
  3+ years of hands-on experience in software development or technical implementation consulting.
• Leadership:
  Proven passion for mentoring others and experience leading small teams through post-sale software implementations.
• Core Engineering:
  Foundational understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), database design, and SQL (queries, joins, views).
• Travel:
  Willingness to travel 20% or less annually to support customer engagements.

• Experience with modern cloud frameworks and infrastructure, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, or Elastic Containers.
• Knowledge of software testing practices (Test-Driven Development, automated test suites) and modern AI/Machine Learning applications.

The base salary range represents a good faith and reasonable estimate of the range at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant work experience, qualifications, internal peer equity, and market and business conditions that exist when extending an offer. A discretionary bonus may be awarded in recognition of individual and company…