Appian Lead Product Engineer

Title: Appian Lead Product Engineer(Need Architect Level Profiles)

Duration : 6+ Months of Contract with Possible extension/Full Time

Location: Tampa, FL

Job description:

Note from the client: The candidate we are looking into is kind of more or RnD role and solutioning and designing the Appian Architecture. Candidate should have knowledge / information on all parts of Appian objects/RPA/AI Features. Should have understating of migration like from Appian on-prem to SaaS.

Roles and Responsibilities:

· Serve as the technical owner of the Appian platform - including environment strategy, configuration, performance, and stability.

· Plan and execute Appian upgrades, patches, capacity scaling, and environment refreshes.

· Define and enforce architecture standards, best practices, design patterns, and governance for Appian implementations.

· Collaborate with business, delivery teams, infrastructure, information security, and external vendors to ensure reliable and compliant platform operations.

· Review solution designs and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, security, and performance requirements.

· Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis for high priority incidents.

· Support DevOps/CI-CD pipelines for Appian deployments and promote modern automation practices.

· Maintain platform documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.

Required Qualifications:

· 8+ years of hands-on Appian experience, including architecture and environment management.

· Strong understanding of Appian components: Records, Data Fabric/CDTs, SAIL, process models, integrations, plug-ins, RPA.

· Proven experience with upgrades, performance tuning, and environment configuration (Appian Cloud and self managed).

· Solid knowledge of integration patterns (REST/SOAP, queues, JDBC).

· Experience working with security teams on SSO, SAML/OIDC, RBAC, and platform hardening.

· Experience with identity and access management and platform security.

· Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Skills:

· Appian Lead Developer certification.

· Experience working with Appian Support and vendor partners.

· Background in financial services or other regulated environments.

· Familiarity with CI/CD, automated testing, and monitoring tools (Splunk/ELK/AppDynamics, etc.).