# Lead AI Developer Tooling Engineer at Appian

- Company: Appian
- What the company does: AI automation for critical processes. Appian orchestrates AI agents, systems, and people on an enterprise platform, without replacing your systems. Backed by NEA.
- Company website: https://appian.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: McLean, Virginia
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-11
- Apply by: 2026-10-26
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/appian/jobs/8193833
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/appian-lead-ai-developer-tooling-engineer/

## About the role

As a Lead AI Developer Tooling Engineer, you will serve as a technical linchpin for the team building the tools Appian's own engineers rely on — IDEs, CLIs, code-analysis, and CI/CD workflows — and the layer that brings AI capabilities into their daily development. Equipped with cutting-edge AI tooling yourself, you'll design and deliver developer experiences of real sophistication, shape engineering practices, and deepen your expertise while ensuring flawless Enterprise-Grade Orchestration.

## What they're looking for

- 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)
- Experience building IDE, CLI, code-analysis, CI/CD, or developer-experience tools
- Working knowledge of local/remote execution, telemetry, privacy, and enterprise deployment constraints
- Strong language-server, parser, build-system, source-control, and diagnostics experience
- Demonstrated experience using AI coding assistants and a strong ability to evaluate, coach others on, and selectively apply AI-generated code in a production engineering context

Tags: Engineering