Performance-Focused Senior Software Engineer

Appian; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with company match

Flexible time off

Paid parental leave

Medical

Dental

Vision plans

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Wellness programs

Flexible spending accounts

Health savings account contributions

Employee referral bonus program

Learning and development resources

Job summary

Appian is seeking a performance-focused Software Engineer at mid-to-senior level to tackle complex performance problems in a large, real-time distributed data system. The role focuses on building performance tooling and automations, and optimizing JVM-based applications.

Based at Appian’s McLean HQ, the candidate will join a collaborative team, work in a high-performance environment, and contribute to mission-critical systems with modern monitoring and tracing tools.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience building and delivering software applications.
• Deep knowledge of the JVM including Garbage Collection andHeap Dump analysis.
• Experience with Java, Python or other interpreted languages.

Responsibilities

• Develop simple yet elegant solutions to complex technical problems in a small scrum team.
• Leverage tools like Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Loki, Grafana, ElasticSearch, and Kubernetes to optimize platform performance.
• Assist with customer performance issue investigations and remediation.
• Enable automated performance testing through creation of libraries, frameworks and infrastructure.
• Respond to emergent problems and build automation to prevent recurrence.

Skills

Performance optimization

JVM

Java

Python

Linux fundamentals

CI/CD

Test automation

GitLab

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Locust

Observability/Tracing

Production issue debugging

BS in CS

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

Tomcat

Spring

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

Loki

Grafana

ElasticSearch

Job description

Appian is seeking a performance-focused Software Engineer at mid-to-senior level to tackle complex performance problems in a large, real-time distributed data system. The role focuses on building performance tooling and automations, and optimizing JVM-based applications.

Based at Appian’s McLean HQ, the candidate will join a collaborative team, work in a high-performance environment, and contribute to mission-critical systems with modern monitoring and tracing tools.