Appian Technical Lead

Role: Appian Technical Lead
Location: Toronto Ontario - Hybrid
Salary: CAD 100,000 per annum + Standard Benefits

Employment Type: Full-time / Contract
Experience Level: Mid-Level / Senior
Industry: Banking

Openings: 5
Exp Range: 10 Years

Role Overview The Company is seeking an experienced Appian Technical Lead to design, develop, and lead enterprise-grade Appian solutions supporting digital transformation and platform modernization initiatives, including integration with systems such as OnBase.

This role provides technical leadership to ensure scalable, high-performing, and secure low-code applications aligned with enterprise architecture standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Define Appian architecture standards, design patterns, and best practices
• Lead the design and development of scalable Appian applications and workflows
• Guide development teams on Appian implementation, performance tuning, and optimization
• Design and implement integrations between Appian and enterprise systems (e.g., OnBase, APIs, databases)
• Ensure application security, data integrity, and compliance with enterprise standards
• Establish development governance, CI/CD practices, and deployment standards
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, business stakeholders, and product teams
• Review and approve solution designs to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture
• Lead troubleshooting, performance tuning, and issue resolution
• Drive reusable component development and platform best practices adoption

Required Qualifications
• 7+ years of experience in application development and solution architecture
• Strong expertise in Appian design, development, and architecture
• Experience with workflow automation, case management, and business process design
• Proficiency in Appian integrations (REST/SOAP APIs, web services, databases)
• Experience with relational databases and data modeling
• Strong understanding of security, scalability, and performance optimization
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile delivery models • Excellent technical leadership and stakeholder communication skills

Nice-to-Have
• Appian certifications (Senior/Lead Developer or Architect level)
• Experience integrating Appian with OnBase or ECM platforms
• Experience in financial services or insurance domain
• Exposure to cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
• Knowledge of microservices and event-driven architecture

Work Arrangement: Hybrid model with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office. This is a leadership role within a collaborative, cross-functional Agile environment.