Appian Corporation
Software Engineer
McLean, Virginia · Junior · Full-time
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About the role
- Additionally, you'll help evaluate new tools that could be of use to the department.
Responsibilities
- Develop Quality Code: write clean, dependable and highly tested code that maintains our critical services, and bootstrap new projects.
- Develop Quality Code:
- write clean, dependable and highly tested code that maintains our critical services, and bootstrap new projects.
Requirements
- Prior Experience: Previous software development exposure (at least 1-2 years) gained through full-time work experience.
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical field. (Equivalent experience is not accepted in lieu of a degree).
Nice to have
- Training and Development: During onboarding, we focus on equipping new hires with the skills and knowledge for success through department-specific training.
- 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.
Skills
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills with a passion for collaborative problem-solving.
- Familiarity with AWS and modern web technologies.
- Scripting experience with bash or python
- The base salary range represents a good faith and reasonable estimate of the range at the time of posting.
- A discretionary bonus may be awarded in recognition of individual and company performance.
- Certain positions may be eligible for equity awards.
- Base Salary Range
- $100,000 - $200,000 USD
- Tools and Resources
Compensation
- $100,000 - $200,000 USD
Benefits
- Continuous learning is a central focus at Appian, with dedicated mentorship and the First-Friend program being widely utilized resources for new hires.
Company info
- The team you will be joining supports two critical areas in the development lifecycle: maintaining robust test automation frameworks and even more critical automated release process for the Appian platform.
- We work with all stakeholders in the company, from platform engineers to support staff assisting customers, providing an opportunity to see the entire development and delivery cycle in action.
- As a Software Engineer II on this team, you will help maintain the services that contribute to the automated testing and release frameworks, as well as create new services and tools that enable our platform engineers to produce higher quality code at a faster pace.
This listing is sourced directly from Appian Corporation's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.