Lead Developer - Dgtl Sftwr - United States - 41330 - Maximus

General information

Job Posting Title

Lead Developer - Dgtl Sftwr

Date

Monday, June 29, 2026

City

Austin

State

Country

United States

Working time

Full-time

Description & Requirements

Lead Developer - Digital Software: Designs, develops, tests, and debugs software solutions; analyzes requirements and collaborates with cross-functional teams to align functionality with customer needs; prepares and presents technical designs and application demos to project teams and customers.

I: Essential Job Functions:

• Design, develop, test, and debug new software or enhancements to existing software independently.

• Perform requirement analysis, interact with various teams to iterate functionality in alignment with customer needs. Present application demo to the project team and customer.

• Create technical design specifications, present technical design to fellow team members.

• Perform maintenance on existing software products and contribute knowledge of business applications. Investigate and resolve bugs and deficiencies in the product codebase independently.

• Participates in agile ceremonies. Builds stories, maintains data on PM tools (e.g JIRA) to streamline the software development process and enhance productivity.

• Provide development estimates for new development initiatives and enhancement requests.

• Triage issues by performing data analysis using SQL queries, application logs. Document root cause analysis (RCA) and presents it to the team.

• Coach and review the work of lower level professionals. Delegate and monitor work of offshore Appian developers.

• Participate in collaborative relationships with cross-functional teams to launch new products, features, and services on time and within budget, using Appian solutions.

• Stay abreast of industry trends and advancements in technologies to drive continuous improvement.

• Collaborate with product owners, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to understand project goals and requirements.

• Develop work break down structures for project planning.

• Participate in project standups and address challenges to keep development team on track. Proactively drive resolution of any blocking issues.

• Conduct regular project code reviews.

• Identify areas for process improvement and implement best practices to enhance development efficiency.

• Be open to learning other new technologies.

• Foster effective communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Collaborate with other departments to ensure alignment between technical solutions and business objectives.

• Design and build reusable common framework for the existing projects to be deployed to multiple streams.

• Active Appian Lead Certification with knowledge about Appian’s recent features

II: Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Applications, or any Engineering plus 6 years of experience developing business applications using the Appian development platform, of which 2 years of experience was in an external client-facing role.

III. Special Skills Required:

• Appian – External and internal Database connection, Process model, Records, Reports, Integrations, SAIL, Custom Data Types, Interfaces and Sites;

• Agile – Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Demo and Sprint Retrospective;

• JIRA.

Telecommuting permitted within Austin, TX metro area.

MAXIMUS, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

EEO Statement

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.

Pay Transparency

Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.

Accommodations

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