Full-Time

Appian Technical Consultant

Perficient

Perficient

1,001-5,000 employees

Global digital consultancy delivering IT solutions

Compensation Overview

$45.9k - $101.5k/yr

United States

In Person

Bachelor's

Category
Solution Engineering (1)

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Requirements
  • You have a bachelor’s degree in a technology or comparable major.
  • You have 2+ years of experience developing Appian solutions, implementing complex Appian development, and scaling the Appian platform.
  • You have an active Appian Senior Developer (L2) certification.
  • You have sufficient depth and breadth of technical knowledge to be individually responsible for the design and scope of deliverables within a field of expertise.
  • You have mastered at least one technical discipline with strong knowledge in at least three major technology areas.
  • You are proficient in leveraging AI technologies to drive innovation, support strategic initiatives, and enable data-driven decision-making.
  • You possess a strong understanding of AI capabilities, limitations, and ethical considerations.
  • You possess an advanced level of business, technical, or functional knowledge.
  • You have demonstrated use of AI tools during delivery projects, including requirements gathering, design, build, test and/or deployment.
Responsibilities
  • Responsible for implementing part or all of the technical solution to the client, in accordance with an agreed technical design.
  • Occasionally responsible for providing a detailed technical design for enterprise solutions.
  • Understands a broad spectrum of technology in order to provide part or all of a detailed technical design which meets customer requirements.
  • Often leads small-to-medium technical projects, working with the Project/Technical Lead and customer nominated representatives, and liaising with the Solutions Architect as appropriate.
  • Participates in the estimation and prioritization of user stories/tasks.
  • Engages in scoping/solution design and documentation.
  • Follows best practices and creates technical designs.
  • Provides technical support and input on the application of technology to a defined business segment.
  • Provides advice on solution and integration opportunities to defined segments.
  • Provides technical leadership on specific integration activities that are part of an engagement.
  • Provides planning and design support for the development of solution architectures that will be implemented in a multiple system environment.
  • Communicates across the client community and is viewed as adding value.
  • Contributes to knowledge tools and communities, and ensures project learnings are documented and shared; role models focus on a single customer; solves diverse and complex problems; may lead a project team.
Desired Qualifications
  • Perficient building applications on the recent Appian platform release and AI capabilities.
  • Ability to perform or drive resolution of problems on combinations and interactions of products.
  • Ability to apply technology and consulting to solve a client business problem.
  • Ability to communicate and present complex issues with assurance and confidence.
  • Demonstrates the use of consulting skills including questioning, listening, ideas development, permission and rapport, and influencing.
  • Ability to conduct or lead oral status/technical interchange meetings with clients on small to medium sized engagements.
  • Owns and produces customer documentation and the ability to translate technical details into concise and easy to understand written form, including writing relevant components of a proposal document and translating verbal requirements into requirements documents, statements of work, and proposals.
  • Able to discuss requirements with a customer, challenge and clarify when appropriate, develop a high level design or plan from requirements, estimate effort, and advise the engagement owner about risks.
  • Able to work with a team to provide written responses to technical proposals and/or reports/documentation for delivery.

Perficient is a global digital consultancy that provides IT and business consulting services to large enterprises. It helps organizations design and deliver IT and digital solutions, with services spanning business analysis, portal development, and AI-powered digital initiatives. Its offerings are carried out through a global delivery network across the United States, Latin America, India, and Europe, combining strategists and technologists to execute projects from strategy through implementation. The company differentiates itself by leveraging a broad, multinational delivery footprint and pursuing strategic acquisitions to expand its capabilities and market reach, enabling it to serve Forbes Global 2000 and other large enterprise clients across multiple industries. The goal is to help enterprises transform digitally, using data analytics, cloud computing, and AI to achieve measurable business outcomes and improved performance.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Austin, Texas

Founded

1998

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What believers are saying

  • Perficient launched an AI-native brand on March 26, 2026, signaling demand traction.
  • Gradial and Sitecore partnerships position Perficient inside enterprise marketing workflows immediately.
  • Adobe Summit 2026 demos in healthcare and B2B showcase monetizable, industry-specific AI use cases.

What critics are saying

  • EQT ownership pressures margins, headcount, and integration discipline after the 2026 take-private.
  • Perficient depends on Salesforce, Microsoft, Adobe, and WRITER partnerships for growth.
  • If agentic AI delivery commoditizes, boutique consultancies and hyperscalers can squeeze Perficient fast.

What makes Perficient unique

  • Perficient became EQT private in 2026, keeping Tom Hogan and St. Louis headquarters.
  • Perficient won Microsoft AI Business Solutions Inner Circle status for 2025-2026.
  • Perficient deepened Salesforce Agentforce, Data Cloud, and Revenue Cloud through Kelley Austin, October 2025.

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Company News

Associated Press
Jul 8th, 2026
Perficient and Gradial partner to bring agentic marketing to Fortune 500 brands

Perficient, a global AI and technology consulting firm, has partnered with Gradial, an agentic orchestration platform, to deliver agentic marketing execution to Fortune 500 brands. The partnership enables AI agents to handle marketing execution across channels whilst humans direct strategy and creative work. Gradial's platform orchestrates AI agents that author, activate, and optimise content across existing enterprise systems including DAM, CMS, and analytics platforms. The platform compresses work from days into hours. The firms are co-developing industry-specific solutions including Zero-Ops Content Pipeline and Regulated Content Automation. Perficient has established a Gradial Center of Excellence and implemented the platform on its own website. Gradial's clients include T-Mobile, AWS, and Prudential.

Business Wire
Oct 13th, 2025
Perficient Deepens Salesforce AI, Agentforce, and Data Capabilities Through Acquisition of Kelley Austin

Today, Perficient announced the acquisition of Kelley Austin, an award-winning Salesforce consulting partner.

StockTitan
May 5th, 2024
Perficient Acquired by EQT for $3B

Perficient, Inc. is set to be acquired by EQT in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $3.0 billion, or $76.00 per share, a 75% premium over its April 29, 2024, stock price. The deal, expected to close by the end of 2024, will take Perficient private and maintain its headquarters in St. Louis. This acquisition marks a strategic expansion for EQT in the digital consulting sector. Post-deal, Perficient's shares will cease trading on NASDAQ.

Business Wire
Oct 21st, 2023
Perficient Reaches Definitive Agreement to Acquire SMEDIX, INC.

Perficient announced today it has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire SMEDIX, Inc., a healthcare software engineering firm.

Business Wire
Oct 13th, 2022
Perficient Announces Acquisition of Brainjocks

Perficient today announces the acquisition of Brainjocks, a $13 million annual revenue digital consultancy with a strong Sitecore platform focus.