Appian Technical Lead - II (FAST)

Responsibilities

• Provides expert-level technical leadership for critical software, middleware, or hardware projects across multiple platforms, ensuring successful architecture, development, and implementation. Evaluates and approves development options and technical deliverables. Oversees comprehensive testing for functionality, performance, and security.
• Approves technical solutions proposed by team members, resolves complex technical problems, and anticipates issues to enable preventive action.
• Acts as a key technical liaison with stakeholders, effectively communicating technical implications, project risks, and solution strategies.
• Maintains expertise in IT methodologies, architecture design, and enterprise standards; mentors staff and ensures team adoption of evolving standards.
• Reviews, authors, and approves technical documentation and architecture diagrams.
• Drives continuous improvement in technical standards, methodologies, and the adoption of emerging technologies.
• Participates in product life cycle reviews (design, code, test) and serves as a technical advisor across project meetings.
• Ensures compliance with IT and Information Security policies, validating that deliverables meet internal and external requirements.
• Leads or contributes to special projects and cross-functional initiatives as assigned.
• Applies deep server-side development skills, focusing on performance optimization, secure architecture, and database efficiency.
• Troubleshoots complex system performance issues and recommends improvements to optimize data flow across services and APIs.
• Ensures scalable and resilient backend functionality, with proactive measures for increased system demands.
• Qualifications and Skills
• Minimum 8+ years of experience in software development, architecture, and system integration.
• Bachelor's degree (B.E./B.Tech) in Computer Science or IT, or bachelor's in computer applications (BCA), or master's in computer applications (MCA).
• Appian Core Expertise: SAIL UI, process models, records, integrations.
• Integration & API Skills: REST APIs, web services, enterprise system integration.
• Platform health checks, monitoring & performance tuning.
• Appian Architect Best practices, Platform health checks, monitoring & performance tuning, System reliability (SRE mindset, logging, alerting).
• Engineering Excellence (Tech Lead Level): CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/Bamboo), DevOps practices.
• Cloud & Data (AWS + SQL): AWS fundamentals (S3, serverless, cloud patterns), SQL, data modelling (CDTs, records, reporting).
• Automation & AI Enablement: Workflow automation and process optimization, Exposure to AI/ML use cases (document processing, GenAI integration).
• Appian plugin development & extensibility.
• Location
• This role is based in Hyderabad, Telangana at Vanguard's India office. Only qualified external applicants will be considered.
• Our mission
• Vanguard adheres to a simple purpose: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.
• Our commitment to you
• Financial wellness
• We're committed to enabling your financial success and provide competitive offers and programs.
• Physical wellness
• We're committed to providing benefits that support your physical health and wellness.
• Personal wellness
• We're committed to providing resources that help support the full scope of your life.
• How we work

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Additional Information

About Vanguard Founded in 1975, Vanguard is one of the world's leading investment management companies. The firm offers investments, advice, and retirement services to tens of millions of individual investors around the globe-directly, through workplace plans, and through financial intermediaries. Vanguard's India Office Vanguard's office in India is a significant milestone in our global expansion. We are committed to establishing an enduring technology center in Hyderabad, Telangana and are excited to be adding talent who will focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), mobile, and cloud-based technologies that drive our business outcomes and deliver a world-class experience for our clients. Role Summary This role provides expert-level IT technical lead services, including the integration and implementation of technologies, while applying deep backend expertise to optimize performance, ensure secure architecture, and enhance system scalability.

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