Lead Software Engineer - Cloud

Here at Appian, we’re passionate about technology. We love making it, and we love using it. Joining Appian Engineering will provide you with the opportunity to learn in an environment that values cross-functional collaboration and is committed to personal and professional growth. We want to revolutionise the way people work, and in doing so, we develop the Appian platform to be simple so our customers can thrive.

As an experienced e ngineer in our Cloud Native Group you will be helping re-architect the platform on public, private & hybrid clouds 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 a dynamic and high-powered development team. You will work as part of an agile, global team to transform our architecture to a modern services architecture that makes it easy for feature teams to leverage microservices and containerization technologies.

To Be Successful In This Role, You Need
• Expertise in working with AWS or other cloud infrastructures like Azure or Google Cloud, and using Infrastructure-as-Code tools
• Familiarity with DevOps, Release Engineering and trends including CI/CD
• To become a master of our product infrastructure, while utilising cloud technologies to build immutable, secure, repeatable, and durable platforms for service owners to quickly build and iterate on
• Focus on keeping automated infrastructure up-to-date as dependent technologies evolve and scale
• Interest in automating every aspect of our development lifecycle and help us in our mission to achieve continuous delivery
• Experience coaching junior engineers and driving projects to impact.

Some of the tools and resources we will equip you with include:
• Leveraging cutting edge technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, Vagrant, Memcache, Zookeeper, Terraform, Prometheus and designing and building new infrastructure features
• Valuing innovation and investment in our people by providing opportunities for growth and leadership. Whether it’s through Engineering IndieTime (dedicated time to build whatever you want with whomever you want), or annual hackathons, we value activities that inspire others and get creative juices flowing
• A large engineering team where you are made to feel autonomous by our engineering business group model. Working within an agile team allows our engineers and leaders to have a sense of community and accomplishment.

Basic Qualifications
• 10 - 15+ years experience designing and building software in an enterprise software or Saas/Paas environment
• Fluency in at least one programming language, such as Python, Golang, or Java
• Bachelors in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experienc