Senior Backend Engineer - AI-Powered Platform

korecv; York and North Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Anaplan seeks an Engineer IV to join our team in Manchester or York, UK, to design and deliver platform capabilities powering enterprise-scale API gateways and edge routing. You will build high-throughput backends, enable multi-tenant isolation, and collaborate across teams to set technical direction and ensure reliable, scalable systems.

You will mentor engineers, drive GitOps workflows with ArgoCD and Helm, and ensure smooth integration between backend services and UI components, tackling

Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering within enterprise-scale, high-throughput platforms or data-centric environments.
• Understand, leverage, and integrate modern AI tools and concepts to accelerate platform engineering and developer velocity.
• Deep expertise in backend JVM languages (Java and/or Kotlin) with distributed systems knowledge.
• Proven track record delivering API-first infrastructure and edge routing solutions.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containerized deployments, and CI/CD pipelines using GitOps.
• Strong grounding in event-driven architecture and real-time data processing.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, delivery, and architecture of platform capabilities powering API gateways and edge routing.
• Build and scale high-throughput backend engines for multi-tenant environments.
• Collaborate with architects to set technical direction and patterns for complex initiatives.
• Drive deployment infrastructure with GitOps (ArgoCD) and Helm for high availability.
• Own features end-to-end from design to production with improved observability and concurrency handling.
• Ensure seamless integration between backend services and UI, resolving CORS and edge proxy needs.
• Mentor engineers across global teams to foster a resilient engineering culture.

Skills

Java/Kotlin backend

Distributed systems

API gateways

Kubernetes

GitOps (ArgoCD)

CI/CD pipelines

Tools

Traefik

ArgoCD

Helm

Git

Job description

Anaplan seeks an Engineer IV to join our team in Manchester or York, UK, to design and deliver platform capabilities powering enterprise-scale API gateways and edge routing. You will build high-throughput backends, enable multi-tenant isolation, and collaborate across teams to set technical direction and ensure reliable, scalable systems.

You will mentor engineers, drive GitOps workflows with ArgoCD and Helm, and ensure smooth integration between backend services and UI components, tackling