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 Proce…