Job Description

‍Ready to Design the Future of Appian? Were Hiring a Solution Designer / Lead Engineer (Appian)

Location: Sydney, Australia | Contract

Calling all Appian whizzes with big-picture brains and fine-tuned fingers-on-keyboard skills!

Were on the hunt for a Solution Designer / Lead Engineer who lives and breathes Appian (v23 or later please dinosaurs need not apply ) and wants to build enterprise-grade magic in highly regulated realms like banking and financial services.

Why You? Because You Can...

Design strategic, end-to-end Appian solutions that play nice with enterprise architecture and digital transformation goals
Translate big business strategies into slick, scalable, composable workflows
Partner with architects, DevSecOps, cyber, and change folks like its a relay race no dropped batons
Deliver complex builds that span multiple Appian apps, APIs, microservices, and even (shudder) mainframes
Mentor dev squads and lead by example with reusable patterns and clean code (you code like a poet, we know)
️ Keep things humming with CI/CD, automated tests, and Appian DevOps tools (compare-and-deploy fans, this is your moment)
️ Balance Agile and Waterfall youre the unicorn who can handle both

Must-Haves (No Compromises)

7+ years building with Appian, including real architectural decision-making
Appian Certified Senior and Lead Developer (v23.X+)
Battle-tested in complex, regulated environments think banks, insurers, capital markets
Fluent in Appian objects, security models, records, plug-ins the works
Integration wizardry with APIs, cloud services, middleware, legacy beasts, and more
DevOps-savvy with pipelines, quality gates, and automated test suites
Great communicator whether you're talking to a BA, a dev, or the CIO

Nice-to-Haves (A.K.A. Extra Awesome)

Experience with Appian Portals, Data Fabric, Sites, or RPA
Know your SSO from your OAuth2, and can architect secure workflows like Fort Knox
Managed global delivery or offshore teams? Even better
️ Exposure to AWS, Azure, containers, K8s, or API gateway tools? Youre spoiling us

Sound like your kind of gig?

Slide into our inbox with your CV. Or better yet fire up an Appian workflow and send it our way

About Fintech HI.RE

Fintech HI.RE is your trusted global recruitment partner for the fintech, payments, and banking sectors — combining executive search precision with offshore delivery capability.

Founded in 2024 by Cliff van Tonder, a veteran of the global fintech and financial-services industry, Fintech HI.RE brings over two decades of leadership experience from firms including Zafin, Finastra, Temenos, BNP Paribas, SOFGEN and FIS.

We’re not traditional recruiters — we’re fintech insiders who’ve built, scaled, and led teams ourselves. That means we understand the complexity of hiring for transformation, whether it’s modernising core banking, building AI-first payment platforms, or scaling SaaS delivery teams.

What We Do

1️⃣ Executive Search — We connect banks, fintechs, and system integrators with the leaders who shape what’s next — from product and payments executives to transformation specialists and non-executive directors.

2️⃣ Offshore Resourcing — Through our permanent workforce in India, we give clients access to highly-skilled fintech and banking professionals who deliver speed, certainty, and value. Whether augmenting delivery squads or supporting platform modernisation, we supply dependable talent ready to perform.

Our Edge

Deep fintech and payments domain knowledge

Founder-led relationships built on accountability and transparency

“Human Intelligence” – a smarter, more personal approach to executive hiring

Fintech HI.RE Australia partners with clients across APAC to help them scale leadership and delivery capacity with precision and integrity.

Industry

HR & Recruiting

Company Size

1-10 employees

Headquarters

Brisbane, AU

Year Founded

2024

Website

fintechhire.com.au

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