Technical Consultant

Job Description

Appian is seeking a Technical Consultant to join the Customer Success team in McLean, Virginia. This role involves engaging with customers post-sales to develop software solutions on the Appian platform. As a Technical Consultant, one will work throughout the entire project lifecycle to define, design, develop, and implement custom software solutions using Appian’s low-code platform for commercial clients. Appian was built on a culture of in-person collaboration, which the company believes is a key driver of their mission to be the best, so employees hired for this position are expected to be in the office 5 days a week.

Responsibilities:

• Work with clients to define business processes and gather functional and technical system requirements.
• Work within an agile environment to understand client’s business processes and technical needs.
• Launch new relational data models in production.
• Develop APIs to integrate with multiple systems.
• Collaborate with client’s technical teams and business users.
• Drive adoption by empowering clients to become self-sufficient with building process applications.

Requirements:

• 1+ years of experience with hands-on software development or technical consulting.
• Experience with object-oriented programming.
• Experience working with relational databases and database design/data modeling.
• SQL skills (writing queries, joins, views, etc.).
• B.S./B.A. in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or related field/degree.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Passion for technology and continuous learning.
• Affinity for asking “why” and solving the right problems.
• History of success on cross-functional teams.
• Experience building products using agile methodologies (pair programming, stand-ups, planning sessions, and sprints).
• Knowledge of software testing practices (test-driven development, automated test suites within a continuous integration framework).
• Integrations experience using APIs such as REST and SOAP, JDBC connections, and web services.
• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Analytics, Machine Learning, Google Cloud, Application Integration, Database, Developer Tools, Management & Governance, and Elastic Containers (preferred).
• Willingness to travel 20% to support customer engagement.

Appian offers:

• Training and Development.
• Growth Opportunities.
• Community.