Engineer Software - Appian

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Canada Life is an insurance and financial services company with its headquarters in Winnipeg, Manitoba. we provide a wide range of insurance and wealth management products for individuals, families, and business owners from coast to coast. Canada Life is focused on improving the financial, physical and mental well-being of Canadians and believes in good corporate governance. Our Technology team is a strategic partner in our business – with an ambition to be a forward-thinking, agile technology organization delivering secure, resilient, and leading solutions that support Canada Life and the well-being of millions of Canadians.

The Appian Developer provides development and operational/support services.  This role works collaboratively closely with business leaders, senior architects, senior infrastructure engineers, and senior business/systems analysts to design, develop, deploy solutions at regular intervals, then focus on day-to-day operations

Essential Functions

• Ensures highest quality solutions using code reviews, technical and performance testing, including providing feedback during code review meetings with Software Developers  
• Delivery solutions by developing against stories around Appian Workflow, IDP or RPA based initiatives throughout the company 
• Provides recommendations for enhancements/changes that may involve custom design, optional and third-party products to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Appian based solutions/systems 
• Provides feedback/input to leadership on performance, development, resource assignments, etc. on the team 
• Leads and provides production support, application monitoring, and tuning for applications 
• Supports the technical troubleshooting and incident management to resolve complex problems 
• Resolves client issues as they arise in collaboration with other teams  
• Ensures solutions are enhanced, secured, and upgraded to evolve the roadmap  
  
  

Skill & Responsibilities

Experienced as an Appian developer as follows: 

• Software Developer – 3 to 5 years
• Experience with low code platforms such as Appian, Pega etc. and experience in delivering applications from end to end
• Experience with RPA technologies like UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism willing to be cross-skilled in Appian
• Experience with prompt engineering (for Appian IDP roles) is desirable
• Experience with logical data modelling 
• Plan and organize software development work, and coordinate work for other team members  
• Experience in developing and maintaining integrations between various systems. 
• Proven IS and system operations expertise. 
• Experience coaching and mentoring software developers on requirements analysis, design patterns, development best practices, methods, processes, tools, and approaches 
• Previous experience in financial services or working in a highly regulated environment is desirable. 
• Agile delivery experience 
• Working knowledge of Jira, Confluence and Gitlab an asset 
• Previous experience with ServiceNow 
  
  

Registrations/licenses/certifications

• Appian Associate Developer (for Developer) or Appian Senior Developer Certification
  
  

Skills/characteristics

• Ability to drill down into technical issues and solve complex and detailed problems. 
• Strong communication skills with technology and business teams building collaborative relationships across department and business units, including ability to communicate, verbally and in writing, complex concepts to a non-technical audience 
• Strong analytical and excellent problem-solving abilities. 
  
  

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.

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