Become a part of our caring community You have shipped AI products before. You understand the difference between a demo and a production system. You have strong opinions about evaluation frameworks because you have experienced the consequences of operating without them. You are at your best when you own architecture decisions while continuing to build and deliver critical code yourself. We build the platform that transforms millions of clinical documents into trusted, actionable data. Our systems use large language models (LLMs) to read medical records, extract structured facts, answer complex questions with citations back to source documents, and route complex cases to human experts. The output of these systems supports healthcare decisions that impact real members. As a Lead AI Applied Engineer, you will provide technical leadership for AI-enabled products and platforms, define architectural direction, establish engineering standards, and personally design and build the most critical components of our systems. You will lead through both technical expertise and execution, helping the team deliver reliable, scalable, and auditable AI solutions in a highly regulated healthcare environment. Why Join Us Lead the architecture of production AI systems where LLMs are foundational to the product experience. Make key technical decisions regarding model selection, system boundaries, platform architecture, and build-versus-buy strategies. Own the highest-risk and highest-impact technical challenges involving reliability, explainability, and correctness. Influence engineering culture and establish standards that shape how the team builds and ships AI products. Work on systems operating at meaningful scale, processing millions of documents and supporting healthcare decisions across a large member population. Partner
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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. Lead Applied AI Engineer Location: Remote (US) Grow your engineering career building the AI systems that understand, model, and rebuild enterprise applications — powering AI automation for the world's largest enterprises. ABOUT THE TEAM Appian Engineering spans the full depth of our platform: from the foundational layers that power enterprise scale, to the AI capabilities redefining what automation can do. We operate in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment focused on
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THE OPPORTUNITY As a Lead Applied AI Engineer, you will serve as a technical linchpin for the team building AI systems that reason about enterprise applications end to end — spanning agents and orchestration, specification extraction from existing systems, application intelligence and retrieval, and rigorous LLM evaluation; REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or a related technical/analytical discipline; 7+ years of relevant software development experience with a BS (or 5+ years of experience paired with a Master of Science in Computer Science or a related field); All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law
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Appian Corporation
AI automation for critical processes. Appian orchestrates AI agents, systems, and people on an enterprise platform, without replacing your systems.
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