Sara Jestine

Software Engineer with 2+ years of experience in developing and implementing business applications using Appian, with hands-on expertise in process modeling, workflow automation, user interfaces, record types, integrations, and application deployment. Experienced in building Microsoft Teams chatbots, Pipedream automations, and deploying applications on Microsoft Azure. Skilled in troubleshooting, QA testing, Agile development, and Git-based collaboration.

A proactive and adaptable engineer with strong problem-solving skills, a focus on delivering reliable solutions, and the ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies to meet business requirements.

SOFTWARE ENGINEER | APPIAN DEVELOPER at ASTROCODE.AI (2024-07 – Present)

• Designed and developed complex Appian applications using SAIL interfaces, Record Types, Expression Rules, Process Models, and reusable components.
• Implemented multi-level approval workflows with dynamic approver assignment, group-based task routing, conditional branching, and automated status transitions.
• Developed complex multi-OU approval mechanisms for IEEE ARA/IPR applications, supporting independent approval tracking for multiple organizational units and approval levels.
• Implemented email-based approval and rejection workflows with synchronized database updates, approver tracking, and automated process transitions.
• Developed dynamic approval matrix logic to determine approvers based on business rules, funding thresholds, organizational units, and cumulative expenditure amounts.
• Implemented scheduled process automation for approval reminders, conditional notifications, and pending-task tracking using configurable business rules.
• Optimized record queries and expression rules to handle large datasets, eliminate duplicate approver records, and improve task retrieval and application performance.
• Configured record relationships, data mappings, field types, and synchronization to maintain data consistency between Appian records and underlying databases.
• Implemented complex addendum management functionality, including cumulative expenditure validation, approval history tracking, and related actions.
• Developed role-based task management and review interfaces with approval, rejection, clarification, and additional-information workflows.
• Integrated AI Copilot functionality into the IPR reporting interface to enhance application capabilities.
• Performed end-to-end testing and root cause analysis for complex workflow defects, including email approval failures, incorrect approver assignments, and inconsistent approval statuses.
• Managed application deployments across DEV and QA environments, prepared deployment packages, and practiced Git-based version control, cherry-picking, and merge conflict resolution.

Master of Computer Application – FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (FISAT) (2022 – 2024)

Bachelor of Computer Application – ST.THOMAS COLLEGE,PALAI (2019 – 2022)