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Lead Applied AI Engineer at Appian

Department: Engineering

Compensation

$150,000 – $300,000/yr

Location
McLean, Virginia
Type
Full-time
Level
lead/mgmt
Posted

Description

Appian is hiring a Lead Applied AI Engineer to build and operate production AI systems that reason about enterprise applications. The role covers agents and orchestration, specification extraction, application intelligence and retrieval, LLM evaluation, AI-assisted software development, performance and reliability engineering, and mentoring junior engineers. It is based in McLean, Virginia, with an expectation of five days per week in the office, and requires a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field plus 7+ years of relevant software development experience. The base salary range is $150,000 to $300,000 USD, with medical, dental, and vision plans among the benefits.

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