Principal Software Engineer - Appian

Healthesystems offers workplace flexibility with our Work-From-Home model, and a competitive compensation and benefits package including healthcare coverage, PTO, paid holidays, 401(k), company-provided life insurance/disability coverage, wellness options, and more.

Healthesystems welcomes candidates from these states

AL, AZ, CO, FL, GA, ID, IN, LA, MD, MS, MO, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA

***This role will be a Principal Appian Developer; Appian experience is required.***

Summary: The Principal Appian Developer will serve as a design authority and capability multiplier for our Appian platform. This role is responsible not only for delivering high-complexity solutions, but for defining standards, enabling teams, and reducing dependency on external partners.  This is not a senior “feature developer” role. Success in this position is measured by how effectively the incumbent scales Appian capability across teams, not by how much work they personally complete.

Key Responsibilities: “To simplify complexities for each customer.”

Acts as a design authority for Appian solutions, guiding architecture and design decisions across applications.

Leads delivery of high-complexity Appian solutions, including case management, record-centric applications, integrations, and reporting.

Defines, evolves, and enforces Appian standards and patterns (data, records, interfaces, processes, reporting, performance).

Enable and mentor other Appian developers through reviews, guidance, and structured knowledge sharing

Reduces reliance on external vendors by building internal Appian self-sufficiency.

Ensures solutions adhere to platform guardrails, performance best practices, and security requirements.

Partners with product, business, and platform teams to align Appian solutions to business outcomes.

Influences Appian DevOps, deployment, and performance monitoring practices in collaboration with shared teams.

Shared / Platform Responsibilities

Provide leadership input into

Packaging and promotion readiness

CI/CD and automated testing strategy

Performance monitoring and tuning practices

Collaborate with platform, DevOps, and security teams to ensure Appian solutions scale safely and reliably

Qualifications/Education/Certifications

Bachelor's degree from four-year College or university; plus six to eight years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Prefer experience in Healthcare, PBM and/or ABM, workers’ compensation and/or insurance industry.  Requires a deep understanding of the application of Agile development methodology.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Required experience:

5+ years Appian development  (end-to-end delivery in Appian Designer)

Designing/building Appian SAIL  interfaces (complex forms, grids, UX patterns, validation, responsive layouts)

BPM / workflow  (Process Models, subprocess patterns, process variables, timers, escalations, SLAs, exception handling)

Data : Record Types, data modeling, Record views/related actions, data sync patterns, query optimization

Integrations : Integration Objects, Connected Systems, Web APIs (REST/SOAP), authentication patterns (OAuth2/JWT/basic), error handling/retries

Strong understanding of SQL  (selects, inserts/updates, joins, stored procedures/functions) and relational data modeling

Security design : groups/roles, object security, record-level security, least-privilege patterns, environment separation

Performance & scalability : query tuning, paging, async patterns, expression optimization, interface performance troubleshooting

Deployment & SDLC : packaging, environment promotion, versioning strategies, release management, automated testing approach

Demonstrated technical leadership : solution architecture, standards/governance, code reviews, mentoring, and leading delivery teams

The following knowledge is not required, but is preferred

Appian certification(s)  (Associate / Lead / Senior / specific specialty as applicable)

Appian RPA  and/or  Process Mining

Appian plugin development / extensions  (e.g., Connected Systems, component plugins) and familiarity with Java for extensions

Enterprise integration patterns  (queues/events, middleware, iPaaS), and API lifecycle practices (versioning, contracts, observability)

CI/CD for Appian  (automated deployments, pipeline integration, environment config management)

Testing tooling/strategy  for Appian (automated regression approach, interface test patterns, API testing)

Authentication/SSO  (SAML, OIDC) and enterprise security controls

Experience with  MS SQL Server

Cloud infrastructure exposure  (Appian Cloud operations concepts, networking basics, monitoring)

Familiarity with  Agile delivery  and working with product owners/BA teams on process discovery and iterative delivery

UI familiarity (helpful, not required):  HTML/CSS , Bootstrap-style layout thinking, accessibility/usability practices

Agile Competency Requirements

Requires an understanding of the application of Agile development methodology.

Must be comfortable with change, close collaboration, and have conflict resolution skills.

Knowledge of or willingness to learn Agile / DevOps values.

Takes initiative and are passionate about what they do.

Role-Based Competencies

Shows Drive & Initiative

Collaboration & Teamwork

Delivers Quality Results Timely

Communicates Effectively

Job Knowledge & Skills

Physical Demands/Working Conditions

Duties are performed primarily in a home office setting utilizing computer equipment. Travel to attend meetings and visit locations throughout the country may be required. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear.  The employee is frequently required to use hands.  The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. *** Job descriptions will be reviewed and are subject to changes of business necessity.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, geographical cost of labor, etc. In addition to base pay, Healthesystems offers a comprehensive benefits package including, health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, wellness resources, recognition programs, 401k contribution, and PTO & Holiday pay (all subject to eligibility requirements). Applicable statutory benefits also provided, including the Colorado HFWA. https://healthesystems.com/careers/

Anticipated Starting Pay Range

$119,000 , $163,600 USD

To facilitate working from home, and as a requirement for this role, candidates must provide their own reliable, high speed internet access with sufficient bandwidth to execute all job functions. Company laptop will be provided - (except for temporary internship roles)

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