Job Title: Appian Developer
Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Leicester, Leicestershire + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £44, - £55, Depending on Experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Design the Technology that Helps Protect a Nation.
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Appian Developer at our Bristol or Leicester, Leicestershire site.
The role
As a Appian Developer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll play a leading role in designing, developing and delivering high‑performing Appian applications that underpin mission‑critical services. You’ll work on complex systems that support defence and engineering programmes, collaborating with diverse stakeholders and mentoring developers along the way.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to do requirement reviews, technical design, software development, unit testing and deployment of new applications as well as continual improvement to existing applications:
1. Design complex process models and sophisticated user interfaces which are scalable and optimized
2. Mentor the junior members of the team and review thier code, enforce design patterns and provide technical guidance.
3. Working with business analysts and other stakeholders and assist in refinement and effort estimations.
4. Ensure software devlopment is undertaken in accordance with IT quality, plan and procedures.
5. Undertake unit testing to verify developed software performs in accordance with the supporting requirements.
6. Attend workshops / reviews / stand-ups to discuss the development project, demonstrate progress to date and communicate with project stakeholders.
7. Prepare comprehensive documentation to support the completed application.
This role is full time role working 35 hours per week, based in Leicester, Leicestershire or Bristol. Hybrid working patterns are available, with working two days in the office.
Essential experience of the Appian Developer:
8. Hands on experience with Appian Platform
9. Active Appian Certified Senior Developer certification is preferred
10. Strong knowledge of Software Development certification is preferred
11. Demonstratable knowlege of Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC)
12. Knowledge of waterfall, interative and agile approches to software delivery.
Qualifications for the Appian Developer:
13. We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 26, people working together to make a difference.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.
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