Senior Java Engineer - Platform APIs & Edge Routing

Anaplan; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Anaplan, a leader in AI-infused scenario planning, seeks an Engineer IV in Manchester, UK, or York, UK. You will design and deliver platform capabilities powering enterprise-scale API gateways, edge routing, and developer acceleration, while mentoring global teams and driving modern GitOps practices.

You will work with Java/Kotlin in a distributed backend, collaborate with architects, and ensure high availability and performance under heavy workloads.

Qualifications

• Enterprise-scale, high-throughput platform experience.
• Understand, leverage, and integrate AI tools and agentic patterns to accelerate platform engineering.
• Strong backend JVM expertise with distributed systems knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of platform capabilities powering API gateways and edge routing.
• Scale backend engines handling multi-tenant orchestration for thousands of tenants/users.
• Set technical direction with architects to align patterns across services.
• Champion GitOps workflows and container orchestration for highly available deployments.
• Deliver end-to-end features with observability, concurrency handling, and security considerations.
• Mentor engineers across global teams through reviews and pair programming.

Skills

Java/Kotlin

Distributed systems

APIs & gateways

Kubernetes

GitOps (ArgoCD, Helm)

Event-driven architecture

Performance & scaling

Technical communication

Tools

Traefik

ArgoCD

Helm

Kubernetes

Go

Python

React

Job description

Anaplan, a leader in AI-infused scenario planning, seeks an Engineer IV in Manchester, UK, or York, UK. You will design and deliver platform capabilities powering enterprise-scale API gateways, edge routing, and developer acceleration, while mentoring global teams and driving modern GitOps practices.

You will work with Java/Kotlin in a distributed backend, collaborate with architects, and ensure high availability and performance under heavy workloads.