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Principal Applied AI Engineer at Appian

Department: Engineering

Compensation

$200,000 – $350,000/yr

Setup
Remote
Type
Full-time
Level
staff+
Posted

Description

Appian is hiring a Principal Applied AI Engineer for a remote United States role. The position leads the design, delivery, optimization, and reliability of production LLM systems and enterprise-grade AI automation, including code generation, agents, retrieval, structured generation, tool use, model routing, evaluation, and observability. Responsibilities also include platform modernization, architectural leadership, performance tuning, engineering excellence, mentoring, and cross-team technical influence. The role requires a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical discipline, 10+ years of relevant software development experience, and deep production LLM and AI-systems expertise. The base salary range is $200,000 to $350,000 USD, with medical, dental, and vision plans among the benefits.

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