Develop and support secure, scalable Appian applications for Pfizer’s anti-corruption compliance platform. Responsibilities include gathering requirements, designing Appian solutions, building interfaces, process models, records, integrations, and APIs, performing testing and code reviews, tuning performance, managing deployments, and resolving post-go-live incidents. The role collaborates with product owners, security, QA, DevOps, architects, and cross-functional Agile teams while contributing to reusable components and continuous improvement.
ROLE SUMMARY
Pfizer Digital & Technology is a customer-oriented, front-line organization with a vision to Win the Digital Race in Pharma and Unleash the Power of our Colleagues by creating compelling digital experiences for our internal and external audiences.
MAPP (My Anti-corruption Policy and Procedures) is Pfizer's compliance platform designed to uphold the company's commitment to ethical business practices and adherence to global anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws. The MAPP solution provides a centralized digital framework for managing, documenting, and approving interactions with healthcare professionals (HCPs), government officials, and third-party entities across global markets. The solution is a cornerstone of Pfizer's compliance infrastructure, ensuring that all business activities are conducted with integrity and transparency.
In this role, you will be responsible for developing, testing, and supporting robust, scalable, and secure Appian applications that support critical business processes across the enterprise. This role serves as an experienced hands-on Appian developer, delivering solutions that align with enterprise standards, performance expectations, and security frameworks under the guidance of the Pfizer development lead. This role partners closely with Product Owners, Security, and cross‑functional Agile teams to deliver high‑quality applications, integrations, and reusable components.
The position requires solid, hands-on proficiency in Appian platform capabilities-including process models, interfaces, rules, data design, integrations, and modern low‑code patterns-and sound judgment in applying established best practices to create maintainable, future‑proof solutions. In addition to hands‑on development, this role contributes to design discussions, and stays current with new Appian features and industry trends to support continuous improvement
In this role, you will need to work collaboratively with individuals across teams and functions to achieve the business outcomes.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Work Location Assignment: Hybrid
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
To learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers .
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Pfizer Digital & Technology is a customer-oriented, front-line organization with a vision to Win the Digital Race in Pharma and Unleash the Power of our Colleagues by creating compelling digital experiences for our internal and external audiences.
MAPP (My Anti-corruption Policy and Procedures) is Pfizer's compliance platform designed to uphold the company's commitment to ethical business practices and adherence to global anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws. The MAPP solution provides a centralized digital framework for managing, documenting, and approving interactions with healthcare professionals (HCPs), government officials, and third-party entities across global markets. The solution is a cornerstone of Pfizer's compliance infrastructure, ensuring that all business activities are conducted with integrity and transparency.
In this role, you will be responsible for developing, testing, and supporting robust, scalable, and secure Appian applications that support critical business processes across the enterprise. This role serves as an experienced hands-on Appian developer, delivering solutions that align with enterprise standards, performance expectations, and security frameworks under the guidance of the Pfizer development lead. This role partners closely with Product Owners, Security, and cross‑functional Agile teams to deliver high‑quality applications, integrations, and reusable components.
The position requires solid, hands-on proficiency in Appian platform capabilities-including process models, interfaces, rules, data design, integrations, and modern low‑code patterns-and sound judgment in applying established best practices to create maintainable, future‑proof solutions. In addition to hands‑on development, this role contributes to design discussions, and stays current with new Appian features and industry trends to support continuous improvement
In this role, you will need to work collaboratively with individuals across teams and functions to achieve the business outcomes.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborate with product owners, analysts, and senior developers to gather and refine requirements , and help convert them into technical scope, user stories, and acceptance criteria
- Identify integration touchpoints and dependencies (APIs, data sources), and contribute to effort estimates and sprint planning.
- Contribute to the design of end‑to‑end Appian solutions (data model/CDTs & Records, SAIL UX, process models, security model) with guidance from senior developers, aligned to best practices and enterprise standards.
- Implement integrations (REST/SOAP, RDBMS, third‑party connectors) following documented design patterns and performance considerations .
- Implement Appian components: SAIL interfaces, process models, rules/expressions, Records, CDTs, Web APIs, reports, and integrations
- Apply code standards, reuse strategies, and design patterns ; participate in peer reviews during sprints and support Associate-level team members
- Optimize during development for UX and performance (efficient queries, orchestration, paging, caching, responsive UIs)
- Perform unit testing and code reviews ; validate security roles and data access; fix defects proactively.
- Assist with performance tuning and troubleshooting using logs, performance dashboards, and Appian Health Check prior to release
- Support packaging and promotion of applications across environments with Appian deployment tooling/Admin Console; contribute to release notes and rollback plans
- Support release coordination with QA/DevOps and stakeholders; ensure compliance with quality and security gates in Agile increments.
- Stabilize and support post‑go‑live: monitor, triage, resolve incidents; perform root‑cause analysis and deliver hotfixes.
- Contribute to continuous improvement : adopt new Appian features, help refine reusable components, and share knowledge with Associate team members.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
- 3 years of development experience , with at least 1 year of hands-on Appian development experience including SAIL, process models, records, reports, integrations, and interfaces
- Working knowledge of Appian plug-ins , Appian Web APIs , data stores , and Appian object management
- Experience building workflow automations and contributing to enterprise-scale Appian applications
- Proficiency in RESTful API integration , JSON/XML , and working with relational databases (SQL)
- Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile delivery methodologies
- Ability to translate business requirements into scalable Appian solutions with strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
- Excellent communication skills with experience collaborating across cross‑functional teams , architects, and business stakeholders
- Foundational understanding of Appian architecture concepts , including performance tuning, scalability, and object governance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Appian Certified Associate Developer (ACAD) certification preferred; progress toward Appian Certified Senior Developer is a plus
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines , DevOps practices, and Appian's deployment automation tools
- Familiarity with Process Mining , AI-enabled workflows, and low-code automation strategies
- Good understanding of data modeling , relational databases, and enterprise data architectures
Work Location Assignment: Hybrid
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
To learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers .
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Pfizer Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND Office
Chennai, India
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