Senior Consultant (Public Sector)
About The Position
Appian Customer Success is seeking a Senior Consultant to join their team. In this role, you will engage with customers post-sales to develop software solutions on the Appian platform, helping companies drive digital transformation and competitive differentiation. Your primary responsibility will be to work throughout the entire project life-cycle to define, design, develop, and implement custom software and AI solutions using Appian’s platform for commercial clients. This includes working within an agile environment to understand client business processes and technical needs, launching new relational data models in production, and developing APIs to integrate with multiple systems. You will brainstorm AI use cases and implement Appian’s AI tools by applying retrieval augment generation (RAG), agentic workflows, prompt engineering, and the latest generative models. You will also collaborate with client’s technical teams and business users throughout the software and development life cycle and drive adoption by empowering clients to become self-sufficient. This role requires US Citizenship due to its Public Sector focus.
Requirements
- US Citizenship - candidates being considered for a Public Sector roles must be a U.S. citizen
- 3+ years of experience with hands-on software development or technical consulting
- B.S./B.A. in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics or related field/degree
- Passion for mentoring/developing others and experience leading small teams through post-sale software implementation
- Ability to work with clients to define business processes and gather functional and technical system requirements
- Excellent communication skills, passion for technology and continuous learning, and 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)
- Basic understanding of object oriented programming
- Experience working with relational databases and database design/data modeling
- SQL skills (writing queries, joins, views, etc)
- 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
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Analytics, Machine Learning, Google Cloud, Application Integration, Database, Developer Tools, Management & Governance, and Elastic Containers
Responsibilities
- Engage with customers post-sales to develop software solutions on the Appian platform.
- Work throughout the entire project life-cycle to define, design, develop, and implement custom software and AI solutions using Appian’s platform.
- Understand client business processes and technical needs within an agile environment.
- Launch new relational data models in production.
- Develop APIs to integrate with multiple systems.
- Brainstorm AI use cases and implement Appian’s AI tools using RAG, agentic workflows, prompt engineering, and generative models.
- Collaborate with client’s technical teams and business users throughout the software and development life cycle.
- Drive adoption by empowering clients to become self-sufficient in building process applications.
- Mentor and develop others, and lead small teams through post-sale software implementation.
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Flexible time off
- Paid parental leave
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Wellness programs
- Flexible spending accounts
- Health savings account contributions
- Employee referral bonus program
- Learning and development resources
- Training: Comprehensive onboarding and Appian training, CS specific bootcamp
- Growth: Continuous learning opportunities, companywide weekly knowledge shares, biweekly continuing education sessions, guild participation, free online trainings
- Career planning: Technical, focus, and business tracks, matched advisor for career guidance
- Culture: Monthly social events, First Year Experience (FYE) group
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free mental health support
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- Retirement/pension plan
- Wellness dollars
- Family-forming benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
