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Senior Software Engineer - Platform Engineering

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Sydney, New South Wales
Senior level
Sydney, New South Wales
Senior level
As a Senior Software Engineer at Appian, you will re-architect the platform for cloud environments, ensuring infrastructure reliability and enabling external network connectivity. You'll guide junior engineers, automate processes, and drive impactful design decisions while working closely within a team.
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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.

The goal of our Platform Engineering team is to make it easy for our service teams to build and run production systems. As an experienced engineer in Platform Engineering, you will be helping re-architect our platform to run on public, private, and hybrid clouds and to allow for frequent, predictable and high impact changes. You will ensure that our world-class infrastructure is always available, responsive, and capable of meeting the diverse needs of our customers. 

Right now this role is focused on building features that enable network connectivity between our platform and external networks. This will likely change and evolve over time, so this will give you an idea of the type of work you will be doing when you start.

To be successful in this role, you need:

  • The ability to leverage knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns to write software in a cloud infrastructure environment, using tools such as: Python, Go, Java, Terraform, Pulumi, CI/CD pipelines, RDBMS, No-SQL DBs, etc.
  • Solid knowledge of AWS services like: EKS, EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, VPC networking, and S3 (or equivalent cloud provider experience)
  • Familiarity with networking and security best practices in the cloud
  • Experience providing technical leadership to drive pragmatic solutions and dive into impactful design decisions
  • Experience coaching junior engineers and championing best practices across your team
  • Experience operating business-critical production services
  • Experience automating the creation and configuration of cloud resources and services on-demand

Some of the tools and resources we will equip you with include:

  • Dedicated learning time to become an expert in technologies like Kubernetes, AWS, Docker, and Linux networking
  • Opportunities for growth and leadership
  • Engineering Indie Time (dedicated time to build whatever you want) and annual hackathons - we value activities that inspire others and get creativity flowing!

Basic Qualifications:

  • 5+ years experience designing, building and architecting software in an enterprise software or SaaS/PaaS environment
  • Advanced knowledge of at least one programming language and comfortable working with Object-Oriented programming concepts
  • Experience driving projects to impact
  • Experience working in a Linux environment
  • Excellent spoken and written communication
  • Bachelors in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience 

This role is based at our office at Level 42, 25 Martin Place, Sydney. Appian was built on a culture of in-person collaboration, which we believe is a key driver of our mission to be the best. Employees hired for this position are expected to be in the office 5 days a week to foster that culture and ensure we continue to thrive through shared ideas and teamwork. We believe being in the office provides more opportunities to come together and celebrate working with the exceptional people across Appian.

Tools and Resources 

  • 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.

About Appian

Appian is a software company that automates business processes. The Appian AI-Powered Process Platform includes everything you need to design, automate, and optimize even the most complex processes, from start to finish. The world's most innovative organizations trust Appian to improve their workflows, unify data, and optimize operations—resulting in better growth and superior customer experiences. For more information, visit appian.com. [Nasdaq: APPN]

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Appian is an equal opportunity employer that strives to attract and retain the best talent. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. 

Appian provides reasonable accommodations to applicants in accordance with all applicable laws. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [email protected]. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

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Ec2
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Appian Corporation Sydney, New South Wales, AUS Office

Level 42 25 Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2000

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