Here at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them, ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment, holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. When you join Appian, you’ll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things, together.
As an SSE, you will contribute to the design and development of platform components, work closely with architects and lead engineers, and play a key role in ensuring high-quality, reliable, and effective platform solutions.
Required Skills:
6–9 years of software engineering experience, with strong exposure to cloud-native platforms.
Strong programming skills in Java / Python / Go.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (deployment, troubleshooting, scaling).
Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent).
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
Familiarity with observability tools (e.g., CloudWatch, logging, monitoring systems).




Good understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture.
Exposure to cloud cost optimization practices is a plus.
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
Solid hands-on experience with AWS, including Compute (EC2, Auto Scaling, EKS/ECS, Lambda), Networking (VPC, ALB/NLB, Route 53), Storage (EBS, EFS, S3), and Security (IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager).
Key Responsibilities
Lead the development of reusable, versioned IaC modules and frameworks. Define best practices for scalability, availability, security, and cost optimization.
Technical Leadership Design and own cloud infrastructure architectures on AWS using Infrastructure as Code.
Review architecture designs and code to ensure high quality and long-term maintainability.
Infrastructure as Code & Automation Build and maintain infrastructure using tools such as: Terraform / CloudFormation / CDK Ansible (where applicable) Implement C

📌 Senior Software Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 Appian
📍 Chennai