Senior Appian Development Consultant

Valtech

Lead Appian Development Consultant Why Valtech? We’re the experience innovation company - a trusted partner to the world’s most recognised brands. To our people we offer growth opportunities, a values-driven culture, international careers and the chance to shape the future of experience. The opportunity At Valtech, you’ll find an environment designed for continuous learning, meaningful impact, and professional growth. Whether you're pioneering new digital solutions, challenging conventional thinking or building the next generation of customer experiences, your work will help transform industries. The Role: As Lead Appian Consultant, you'll work alongside multidisciplinary teams of strategists, architects, engineers, analysts, designers and consultants, helping enterprise organisations modernise business operations through low-code technology, workflow automation and intelligent digital platforms. Our capability spans strategy, architecture, implementation and optimisation, helping clients transform complex operational processes into scalable digital solutions. We work across sectors including financial services, retail, healthcare, automotive, media and the public sector, delivering enterprise platforms that create measurable business outcomes. You'll provide technical and development leadership across complex transformation programmes. You'll shape solution architecture, guide delivery teams, mentor consultants and work directly with senior client stakeholders to define and implement enterprise Appian solutions. This is both a hands-on and strategic role, that combines Appian expertise with consulting, technical architecture and delivery leadership. Role Responsibilities: You are an experienced Appian leader who enjoys solving complex business challenges through enterprise automation and low-code technology. You bring strong technical credibility, leadership capability and a consulting mindset, enabling you to guide both clients and delivery teams through complex transformation programmes. You lead the design and architecture of enterprise Appian solutions, ensuring they are scalable, secure, maintainable and aligned with Appian best practices. While remaining hands-on where needed, you provide technical direction across delivery teams and support solution governance throughout the project lifecycle. You collaborate closely with architects, business analysts, product managers and engineering teams to design solutions that balance business objectives with technical excellence. You confidently facilitate technical discussions, challenge assumptions and help clients make informed technology decisions. You lead Agile delivery teams, supporting sprint planning, technical estimation, solution reviews, demonstrations and continuous improvement. You coach and mentor consultants, helping develop capability while fostering a collaborative, high-performing engineering culture. You take ownership of application quality, performance and operational resilience; overseeing deployments, Appian Health Checks, application optimisation and production support activities. Beyond project delivery, you contribute to the growth of Valtech's Appian practice through pre-sales support, technical proposals, reusable accelerators, capability development, thought leadership and participation within the wider Appian community. As technology evolves, you remain committed to continuous learning, exploring emerging Appian capabilities, AI-powered automation and modern engineering practices that help clients innovate faster.   Must have Qualifications: * Proven experience leading enterprise-scale Appian delivery programmes within complex consulting environments. * Clear experience architecting Appian applications across Records, Record Types, Relationships, SAIL, Process Models, Sites, Reports and CDTs, with the ability to plan application structure for reuse and scale across multiple applications. * Strong understanding of relational databases, SQL, data modelling, stored procedures, triggers and views, with the judgement to decide when logic belongs in the database layer versus the application layer. * Experience designing enterprise integration architectures spanning multiple systems and Connected Systems, including evaluating build-vs-buy decisions for custom plug-ins and setting integration standards for delivery teams to follow. * Experience planning for scalability across data growth, user load and application extension over time, including proactive monitoring, application performance tuning, and CI/CD pipeline management across environments. * Skilled at establishing effective ways of working across blended teams (e.g. client staff, third-party vendors and other consultancies), setting collaboration norms, resolving friction between parties, and representing Valtech's delivery approach credibly to external stakeholders. * Strong understanding of Appian security implementation across data, interface and user levels, applied consistently across a multi-application landscape, and ownership of platform governance and design standards for other developers to follow. * Experience owning deployment workflows and CI/CD strategy across a programme, including environment strategy and release governance spanning multiple applications and teams. * Experience leading Agile Scrum delivery teams, including Sprint 0 activities, backlog refinement, estimation, sprint demonstrations and technical leadership. * Excellent stakeholder management skills with experience working directly with Product Owners, Architects, Engineering Leaders and senior client stakeholders. * Proven experience mentoring developers and leading high-performing technical teams. * Experience contributing to pre-sales, solution design, proposals or technical bid responses. * A passion for continuous learning, innovation and advancing Appian best practice across delivery teams. Commitment to reaching all kinds of people We design experiences that work for all kinds of people - and that starts with our own teams. At Valtech, we’re intentional about building an inclusive culture where everyone feels supported to grow, thrive and achieve their goals. No matter your background, you belong here. Explore our Diversity & Inclusion site to see how we’re creating a more equitable Valtech for all. About Valtech Valtech is the experience innovation company that exists to unlock a better way to experience the world. By blending crafts, categories, and cultures, we help brands unlock new value in an increasingly digital world. At the intersection of data, AI, creativity, and technology, we drive transformation for leading organizations, including L’Oréal, Mars, Audi, P&G, Volkswagen Dolby, and more. At Valtech, we don’t just talk about transformation. We make it happen. Our people are the heart of our success, and we foster a workplace where everyone has the support to thrive, grow and innovate. Are you ready to create what’s next? Join us.

Neo4j

About Neo4j: Neo4j is the graph intelligence platform that transforms data into knowledge to power the next generation of intelligent applications and AI systems. It includes enterprise-ready knowledge graphs for accurate, explainable, and governed AI; the most comprehensive, trusted, and easy-to-deploy graph capabilities across any environment and data source; and an unmatched ecosystem trusted by 84 of the Fortune 100 and supported by the world’s largest graph community. Intelligence that works. Results that matter. Built to work everywhere and integrate with everything across every cloud for dynamic, personalized, and autonomous AI systems. We deliver quicker results, contextual knowledge, and solutions that impact customers and employees across the business. Our Vision:  At Neo4j, we have always strived to help the world make sense of data.   As business, society and knowledge become increasingly connected, our technology promotes innovation by helping organizations to find and understand data relationships. We created, drive and lead the graph database category, and we’re disrupting how organizations leverage their data to innovate and stay competitive. The Team: Cloud environments are used at Neo4j to perform pre-sales, proof-of-concept, and solution engineering activities with minimal oversight by IT or Security. This role, which resides in IT, will help conceptualize the requisite activities and carve a path toward effective and responsible management of these environments. Some examples of work you’ve performed aligned with these types of activities could be related to finance (budgeting, cost allocation, right-sizing environments) cloud maturity (IaC, naming conventions, tagging initiatives) security (CPSM, asset management, vulnerability) or automation (service catalogs, provisioning, secure configurations). With the correct guidance and prioritization from you, we seek to accomplish wins for management and security while enabling engineers to work faster and more securely than they do today. This role is global and will work across the organization. The Role: * Provide technical leadership through mentorship, documentation, reporting, and knowledge-sharing best practices to peers within IT and consumers of cloud infrastructure. * Play a crucial role in defining and delivering on the roadmap for cloud infrastructure. * Work with the security team to ensure alignment with their vision of cloud management, including compliance. * Liaise with Engineering teams on their use and management of cloud infrastructure to find synergies. * Operationalize the security, management and monitoring of cloud infrastructure. * Take on the Subject Matter Expert (SME) role for cloud in IT and continue to develop broad and deep understanding where opportunities may exist or when new offerings come to market. QUALIFICATIONS: * Bachelor’s degree (or greater) in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. * Proven experience as a Cloud Engineer with in-depth knowledge of at least two of; AWS, GCP, and Azure. * Strong understanding of cloud security best practices and compliance standards. * Experience in designing and implementing cost-effective solutions in cloud environments. * Proficient in troubleshooting and resolving cloud-related issues. * Excellent communication and collaboration skills. PREFERRED SKILLS: * Experience leading company-wide cloud initiatives. * Cloud certifications from AWS, GCP, and Azure. * Experience with DevOps practices and tools including Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions. * Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes). * Scripting and automation skills (e.g., Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell). #LI-Hybrid Why Join Neo4j? Neo4j is, without question, the most popular graph intelligence platform in the world. We have customers in every industry globally, and our products are a proven product/market fit. Joining our team is an opportunity to shape the future of data and analytics. Below are just a few exciting facts about Neo4j.  * Neo4j is one of the fastest-scaling technology companies in this industry. It recently surpassed $200M in annual recurring revenue (ARR), doubling its ARR over the past three years.  * Raised the biggest funding round in database history ($325M Series F). Backed by world-class investors like Eurazeo, GV (formerly Google Ventures), and Inovia Capital, Neo4j has raised over $600M in funding and is currently valued at over $2Bn. This puts Neo4j among the most well-funded database companies in history. * 84% of the Fortune 100 and 58% of the Fortune 500 use Neo4j. Examples include Boston Scientific, BT Group, Caterpillar, Cisco, Comcast, Department for Education UK, eBay, NBC News, Novo Nordisk, Worldline, and others.  * Co-founder and CEO Emil Eifrem has built an amazing culture that prides itself on relationships, inclusiveness, innovation, and customer success. * Countless industry awards. Massive enterprises and individual developers/data scientists love Neo4j. A strong sense of community and ecosystem is built around the platform. * A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact™ Study cited Neo4j as delivering 417% ROI to customers.  Research shows that members of underrepresented communities are less likely to apply for jobs when they don’t meet all the qualifications. If this is part of the reason you hesitate to apply, we’d encourage you to reconsider and give us the opportunity to review your application. At Neo4j, we are committed to building awareness and helping to improve these issues.  One of our central objectives is to provide an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace for everyone to develop their potential and have a positive, career-defining experience. We look forward to receiving your application. Neo4j Values: Neo4j is a Silicon Valley company with a Swedish soul. We foster collaboration and each of us is empowered to contribute and put our innovative stamp on projects. We hire candidates who reflect the following Neo4j core values: (we)-[:VALUE]->(relationships) (we)-[:FOCUS_ON]->(userSuccess) (we)-[:THRIVE_IN]->(:Culture {type: [‘Open’, ‘Inclusive’]}) (we)-[:ASSUME]->(:Intent {direction:’Positive’}) (we)-[:WELCOME]->(:Discussions {nature: ‘IntellectuallyHonest’}) (we)-[:DELIVER_ON]->(ourCommitments)  Neo4j is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Please read the privacy notice regarding Neo4j's recruitment process to understand how we will handle the personal data that you provide.  More information at www.neo4j.com.   ©2026 Neo4j, Inc., Neo Technology®, Neo4j®, Cypher®, Neo4j Bloom™, Neo4j Graph Data Science Library™, Neo4j® Aura™, and Neo4j® AuraDB™ are registered trademarks or a trademark of Neo4j, Inc. All other marks are owned by their respective companies.

Valtech

Head of Mobile Engineering   Why Valtech? We’re the experience innovation company - a trusted partner to the world’s most recognized brands. To our people we offer growth opportunities, a values-driven culture, international careers and the chance to shape the future of experience. The Opportunity: At Valtech, you'll find an environment designed for continuous learning, meaningful impact and professional growth. We're looking for a senior mobile leader to define and evolve our mobile capability in the UK, partnering with clients and multidisciplinary teams to deliver exceptional digital experiences at scale. This role combines technical leadership, consulting, capability development and commercial impact. You will work with some of the world's leading brands to shape mobile strategies, modernise platforms and drive innovation across native and cross-platform ecosystems. The Role: You'll work alongside multidisciplinary teams of architects, engineers, strategists, designers and consultants, helping clients define and deliver world-class mobile experiences. This is both a leadership and hands-on consulting role. You'll provide technical direction, advise clients on platform strategy, support business growth and help build a thriving mobile capability across Valtech. You will operate across strategy, architecture and delivery, bringing together engineering excellence, customer experience and commercial thinking. We operate across sectors including financial services, retail, automotive, healthcare, media and consumer brands. Each presents different technology landscapes, constraints and transformation ambitions. Mobile experiences increasingly sit at the centre of customer engagement. We design scalable, secure and high-performing platforms that enable organisations to deliver connected and intelligent digital experiences. This role will be 60% client strategy & delivery, 40% operational & capability leadership and growth. What Success Looks Like: * A thriving and scalable mobile capability. * Strong technical communities and engineering standards. * Trusted client relationships and strategic influence. * Growth in mobile opportunities and revenue. * High-performing teams delivering exceptional experiences. * Continued innovation across mobile and emerging technologies. Role Responsibilities: Client Delivery Leadership * Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders. * Provide senior oversight on complex deliveries. Have the awareness to step in early to protect outcomes, people and client relationships. * Be a bridge across disciplines to solve end-to-end problems and create coherent ways of working. * Track and report on the health of the practice. This might include capability coverage (aligned to demand), community engagement, delivery quality, and act on the signals. * Lead workshops and shape mobile transformation roadmaps. * Guide platform modernisation and architecture decisions. * Partner with Product, Design, Data and Engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions. * Influence strategic technology investments. Capability Leadership * Define and evolve Valtech's mobile vision and strategy, and grow our mobile engineering capability. * Have accountability for line management in the practice and line managers will report to you. You will ensure standards and cadence for 1:1s and growth conversations, calibrate performance, manage succession, lead difficult conversations, and coach managers so the whole system gets better. * Coach new leaders. Give them real opportunities and feedback so they lead with consistency, confidence, and care. * Influence our career pathways and skills framework. You will make progression transparent and support through coaching, mentoring, and effective management. * Establish engineering standards and best practices. * Foster communities of practice and mentor engineers and architects. * Sponsor innovation with purpose from small practice experiments to thought leadership (talks, blogs, whitepapers) that help evolve our capability, win new work and influence our clients’ strategy. Technical Leadership * Provide architectural oversight across complex mobile programmes. * Drive approaches across iOS, Android and cross-platform technologies. * Ensure solutions are scalable, secure and resilient. * Champion modern engineering practices including CI/CD, observability and automation. * Explore emerging technologies including AI-enabled experiences and intelligent assistants. Commercial Impact & Growth * Partner with UK Growth teams on pitches and pre-sales work bringing an authentic and credible craft perspective to exec-level conversations backed by real-world experience. * Support UK strategic initiatives, ensuring the practice’s work aligns with wider business priority. * Contribute to proposals and solutioning efforts. * Identify growth opportunities to expand client engagements. * Represent Valtech externally through thought leadership and industry engagement. * Help strengthen Valtech's position as a leader in digital experience and mobile innovation.   Must have Qualifications: Leadership * Experience leading mobile engineering teams, practices or capabilities. * Strong consulting and stakeholder management skills. * Ability to influence senior business and technology leaders. * Passion for coaching and developing talent. Technical Expertise Experience across: * Native mobile development (iOS and/or Android) * Cross-platform technologies such as Flutter or React Native * Mobile architecture and platform strategy * API-driven ecosystems * CI/CD and DevOps practices * Security, identity and authentication * Analytics and observability * Cloud-native platforms and backend integration Consulting Experience * Experience delivering within consulting, agency or digital transformation environments. * Comfortable operating across strategy, architecture and delivery. * Experience leading client engagements and workshops. * Strong communication and presentation skills. * Commercial awareness and experience supporting growth initiatives. Nice to have Qualifications: * Experience with AI-powered mobile experiences and agentic AI. * Knowledge of modern data and personalisation platforms. * Experience leading globally distributed teams. * Public speaking, thought leadership or contributions to the wider technology community. Commitment to reaching all kinds of people We design experiences that work for all kinds of people - and that starts with our own teams. At Valtech, we’re intentional about building an inclusive culture where everyone feels supported to grow, thrive and achieve their goals. No matter your background, you belong here. Explore our Diversity & Inclusion site to see how we’re creating a more equitable Valtech for all.