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.
Note: we are unable to hire in every state
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.”
Shared / Platform Responsibilities:
Provide leadership input into:
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 Process Mining
Appian plugin development / extensions (e.g., Connected Systems, component plugins) and familiarity with Java for extensions
Enterprise integration patterns (queues/events, middleware, iPaaS), and API lifecycle practices (versioning, contracts, observability)
CI/CD for Appian (automated deployments, pipeline integration, environment config management)
Testing tooling/strategy for Appian (automated regression approach, interface test patterns, API testing)
Authentication/SSO (SAML, OIDC) and enterprise security controls
Experience with MS SQL Server
Cloud infrastructure exposure (Appian Cloud operations concepts, networking basics, monitoring)
Familiarity with Agile delivery and working with product owners/BA teams on process discovery and iterative delivery
UI familiarity (helpful, not required): HTML/CSS, Bootstrap-style layout thinking, accessibility/usability practices
Agile Competency Requirements:
Role-Based Competencies:
Physical Demands/Working Conditions:
Duties are performed primarily in a home office setting utilizing computer equipment. Travel to attend meetings and visit locations throughout the country may be required. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. **** Job descriptions will be reviewed and are subject to changes of business necessity. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.*
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, geographical cost of labor, etc. In addition to base pay, Healthesystems offers a comprehensive benefits package including, health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, wellness resources, recognition programs, 401k contribution, and PTO & Holiday pay (all subject to eligibility requirements). Applicable statutory benefits also provided, including the Colorado HFWA. https://healthesystems.com/careers/
Anticipated Starting Pay Range
$119,000—$163,600 USD
To facilitate working from home, and as a requirement for this role, candidates must provide their own reliable, high speed internet access with sufficient bandwidth to execute all job functions. Company laptop will be provided - (except for temporary internship roles)