Permanent Full Time As a Senior Technical Lead - Appian, you will be accountable for delivering, supporting, and continuously evolving enterprise automation solutions that improve operational efficiency, quality, risk management, and client experience. You will provide technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle while partnering closely with business leaders, product owners, architects, analysts, infrastructure teams, and vendors to design, build, deploy, and support scalable automation solutions.

Technical

Leadership & Solution Delivery Lead the design, development, implementation, and support of Appian Workflow, IDP, and RPA solutions across the enterprise. Partner with business analysts, product owners, architects, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable technical solutions. Provide technical direction and solution governance throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring alignment to enterprise architecture, integration patterns, security standards, and non-functional requirements.

Develop and maintain Appian applications, process models, records, interfaces, integrations, data structures, and reusable components. Drive development excellence through technical reviews, coding standards, design reviews, testing, and performance optimization. Ensure end-to-end traceability and assess impacts across APIs, middleware, ETL processes, batch jobs, and vendor systems.

Review and approve architecture changes, integration modifications, and production-impacting deployments. Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and aligned with long-term platform strategy. Manage platform configuration, user provisioning, role-based access controls, authentication, authorization, and environment security in partnership with Infrastructure and Cyber Security teams.

Monitor platform health, capacity, performance metrics, and usage trends; proactively identify risks and implement optimization strategies. Lead production support, application monitoring, performance tuning, and incident management activities for Appian-based solutions.

Provide

Level 1 and Level 2 support, including break/fix resolution, upgrades,



patches, and continuous improvement initiatives. Lead root cause analysis (RCA) activities for critical incidents and implement permanent corrective actions. Review release readiness and ensure rollback, recovery, and business continuity plans are in place before deployments.

Manage platform configuration, user provisioning, role-based access controls, authentication, authorization, and environment security in partnership with Infrastructure and Cyber Security teams. Monitor platform health, capacity, performance metrics, and usage trends; proactively identify risks and implement optimization strategies. Establish deployment guardrails, validation controls, and post-deployment verification processes to reduce operational risk.

Provide guidance on architecture, design patterns, development standards, and engineering best practices. Support resource planning, work allocation, performance management, and career development activities. Build strong relationships across technology teams, business units, and external partners to drive alignment and successful outcomes.

Strategic & Continuous Improvement Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends, including AI-powered automation capabilities, and provide recommendations for adoption.

Champion

Agile and DevOps practices to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality and stability. Bachelor's degree or post-secondary diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Business, or equivalent practical experience. 8+ years of experience delivering enterprise software solutions and supporting business-critical technology platforms. ~5+ years of experience designing and delivering Appian solutions across the full software development lifecycle.



~ Demonstrated experience leading technical teams and large-scale enterprise initiatives. ~ Technical Skills Expert knowledge of Appian application development, process modelling, integrations, records, interfaces, and deployment automation. Strong understanding of system integration patterns, APIs, middleware technologies, and enterprise architecture principles.

Experience with logical data modelling and application performance optimization. Working knowledge of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, GitLab, JIRA, Confluence, and ServiceNow.

Experience with cloud and modern automation technologies, including AI-enabled capabilities, is considered an asset. Proven ability to lead, inspire, and mentor technical teams. Exceptional stakeholder management and relationship-building skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Appian Senior

Developer, Lead Developer, or Architect certification.

Experience managing distributed onshore/offshore delivery teams. Exposure to AWS, Azure, or cloud-native integration services. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation ( i.e. annual bonus, commission etc).

Our company is trusted by 1 in 3 Canadians and contributes to the strength of communities across the country. We’re looking for people who live our values everyday: we step up, we do the right thing, and we deliver – for our customers, communities and each other. Versatile health and dental benefits, plus a $5,000 mental health benefit to support your well-being.

Time Off:In addition to regular vacation and personal days, we support community involvement with a volunteer day.

Financial

Security:Company-matching pension plan,share ownership program and additionalinvestment options.

Emphasis on Community: We provide a workplace where employees feel connected and supported through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), mentorship programs, social clubs and events. All information provided will be handled in accordance with applicable laws and Canada Life policies.

📌 Senior Engineering Specialist Lead - Appian (Winnipeg)
🏢 Canada Life
📍 Winnipeg