Lead Software Engineer (LSE)

Full Time
McLean, Virginia
11 months ago

Here at Appian, our core values of Respect, Work to Impact, Ambition, and Constructive Dissent & Resolution define who we are. In short, this means we constantly seek to understand the best for our customers, we go beyond completion in our work, we strive for excellence with intensity, and we embrace candid communication. These values guide our actions and shape our culture every day.  When you join Appian, you'll be part of a passionate team that's dedicated to accomplishing hard things.

Position: LSE, with Java fluency, to leverage knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns to write software in full-stack web/mobile environments. Apply experience with enterprise messaging products to solve problems within large, high-performance, real-time, distributed data systems. Manage availability, latency, scalability and efficiency of the product by engineering reliability into software/systems and contributing to software performance analysis and system tuning. Identify opportunities for code refactoring and performance optimizations on a regular basis and champion these efforts within the team, leading technological changes to keep platform modern. Mentor junior software engineers by sharing best practices and providing guidance on proficiency. Share advanced/expert knowledge with others in the department, both on and off team, maintaining a reputation as a key resource in those areas.

Requirements: Master's degree in Comp Sci, Eng or Tech + min. 2 years of exp. in job offered or as Engineer in a high-volume or critical production service environment or in lieu of the employer will accept a Bachelor's in Comp Sci, Eng or Tech+ min. 7 years of exp. in job offered or as Engineer in a high-volume or critical production service environment.

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