Lead Software Engineer (Kubernetes)

Appian Corporation•McLean, VA

1d•$150,000 - $300,000•Onsite

About The Position

As a Lead Software Engineer in our Foundational Infrastructure Group, you will be helping re-architect the platform on public 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 and global team to transform our architecture to a modern services architecture that makes it easy for feature teams to leverage microservices and containerization technologies. This role is based at our HQ in McLean, VA. Appian was built on a culture of in-person collaboration, which we believe is a key driver of our mission to be the best. Employees hired for this position are expected to be in the office 5 days a week to foster that culture and ensure we continue to thrive through shared ideas and teamwork. We believe being in the office provides more opportunities to come together and celebrate working with the exceptional people across Appian.

Requirements

Expertise in working with AWS or other cloud infrastructures like Azure or Google Cloud, and using Infrastructure-as-Code tools
Expertise working in Kubernetes ecosystem (e.g. Cilium, Istio, Knative, Keda)
Fluency in reviewing architecture / designs from team members, identify problems, and make suggestions for better practices
Familiarity with conducting code reviews looking out for the elegant approach, performance, maintainability, and security
Familiarity with DevOps, Release Engineering and trends including CI/CD
Familiarity with infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform)
Familiarity with networking and information security in the cloud (e.g. VPN, compliance, etc.)
Excellent spoken and written communication with both technical and non-technical people
Ability to identify dependencies between multiple teams.
Ability to communicate blockers and escalate as needed.
Familiarity with leading response for severe issues, minimizing pain for the customer, weighing trade-offs in the moment; communicating clearly and concisely to the customer about the problem and solution.
At least 7 years experience designing, building and architecting software in an enterprise software or Saas/Paas environment
Fluency in at least one programming language, such as Python, Golang, or Java
At least 5 years of experience working in Kubernetes ecosystem
Bachelors in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

Leveraging cutting edge technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, Gitlab, Prometheus, etc. to design and build new infrastructure features

Responsibilities

Helping re-architect the platform on public clouds to allow for frequent, predictable and high impact changes.
Ensuring that our world-class infrastructure is always available, responsive, and capable of meeting the diverse needs of a dynamic and high-powered development team.
Working as part of an agile and global team to transform our architecture to a modern services architecture that makes it easy for feature teams to leverage microservices and containerization technologies.
Coaching junior engineers and driving projects to impact.
Reviewing architecture / designs from team members, identify problems, and make suggestions for better practices.
Conducting code reviews looking out for the elegant approach, performance, maintainability, and security.
Keeping automated infrastructure up-to-date as dependent technologies evolve and scale.
Automating every aspect of our development lifecycle and help us in our mission to achieve continuous delivery.
Identifying dependencies between multiple teams.
Communicating blockers and escalating as needed.
Leading response for severe issues, minimizing pain for the customer, weighing trade-offs in the moment; communicating clearly and concisely to the customer about the problem and solution.