Senior Platform Engineer

Anaplan; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Anaplan is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to help build and operate high-scale SaaS platforms. You’ll work across full-stack system design for hybrid cloud, and distributed systems programming in Java, Rust, and other JVM-based languages, shaping platforms as products and driving reliability and observability.

You will own Kubernetes engineering, storage and data persistence, telemetry with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus and Grafana, and collaboration across teams to reduce technical debt.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Proven experience with Java, Rust or JVM-based languages.
• Strong background in building and operating SaaS at scale.
• Cloud experience with Kubernetes and observability tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate high-scale SaaS platforms with a product mindset.
• Develop and extend Kubernetes-based platforms and operators.
• Implement robust telemetry, monitoring and incident response.
• Collaborate to reduce technical debt and improve reliability.

Skills

Java

Rust

Kubernetes

Distributed Systems

Observability

Prometheus

Grafana

Go

Kotlin

Python

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubebuilder

Operator SDK

Docker

Rancher RKE

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading AI-infused scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.

What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture.

Our customers rank among the who’s who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2,400+ global companies who rely on our best-in-class platform.

Our Winning Culture is the engine that drives our teams of innovators. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, we behave like leaders regardless of title, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals, and we love celebratingour wins – big and small.

Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, values -based and disciplined in execution, you’ll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and let’s build what’s next - together!

At Anaplan, we are looking for a strong Senior Platform Engineer to join our team.

Are you a creative problem solver who can both give and receive feedback? Do you lead with inclusion, collaboration, and openness? Do you have strong experience with high-scale B2B and B2C platforms? As a Senior Platform Engineer, you'll be crafting and helping build the next generation of the AnaplanPlatform. You’re comfortable with both full-stack systems design for the hybrid cloud as well as hands-ondistributed systems programming with extensive knowledge of Java, JVM, Rust, Linux internals andcontainer orchestration.

The Role

We're looking for experienced engineers who've built real products at scale and apply thatsame rigor to platform engineering. You'll engineer new platforms as products, not just operateexisting infrastructure. You understand user experience, reliability, and technical debt fromshipping production systems. You'll design platforms that are extensible, observable, andmaintainable, enabling internal teams to build on top of them while handling the complexityunderneath.

Your Impact

Kubernetes Engineering & Automation

You don't just write Helm charts or YAML manifests; you extend the Kubernetes API.

• Custom Operators: Proven ability to write Kubernetes Operators (using Kubebuilder or Operator SDK) to manage complex, stateful application lifecycles.
• Control Plane Logic: Deep understanding of reconciliation loops, custom resourcedefinitions (CRDs), and how to automate operational knowledge into code

Scalable Microservices & Distributed Systems

You build for high concurrency, low latency, and eventual consistency.

• High-Scale SaaS: 10+ years of experience building and operating production-grade SaaSproducts. You have first‑hand experience with the "death by a thousand cuts" thatcomes with scaling to millions of requests.
• Systems Programming: Advanced proficiency in Go, Rust, or JVM-based languages,with a focus on writing memory‑efficient and thread‑safe code.

Deep-Tier Cloud Storage & Persistence

You understand the physics of data.

• Storage Internals: We need more than S3 API knowledge. You should understand theperformance characteristics, limitations, and cost‑drivers of S3, NFS, and enterprise storage like NetApp OnTap or AWS FSx.
• Data Locality: Experience managing data persistence across hybrid environments(Public Cloud vs. Private DC).

Operational Maturity (The "SRE" DNA)

You believe that "if it isn't monitored, it doesn't exist."

• Instrumentation: Expert-level experience with OpenTelemetry. You don't just look atmetrics; you design the telemetry that allows for deep‑dive distributed tracing and root‑cause analysis.
• Observability Infrastructure: Hands‑on experience scaling Prometheus and Grafana tohandle high‑cardinality data.

Your Skills

• BS degree in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience as a professional Platform Engineer.
• Substantial experience in Java, RUST programming experience
• Proven experience in building and operating a SaaS product at scale.
• Proven cloud experience using observability and operating workloads in Kubernetes.
• Experience with cloud storage S3, NFS, NetApp OnTap, AWS FSX
• Distributed Systems and programming techniques.
• Monitoring and metrics infrastructure (OTEL, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Cloud (AWS / GCP/ Azure / Private DC).
• Bonus: Experience with AI/ML, Natural Language

Technologies you’ll work with:

• Programming languages: GoLang, Java11, Kotlin, Rust, Python
• Storage & Persistence: S3, NFS
• Container and Orchestration: Kubernetes/Containers (Docker)/Rancher RKE
• Cloud providers: AWS, GCP, Azure, Private Data Centers
• Observability/Telemetry: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana
• Deployment: Jenkins, ArgoCD

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusionand Belonging (DEIB)

We believe attracting and retaining the best talent and fostering an inclusive culture strengthens our business. DEIB improves our workforce, enhances trust with our partners and customers, and drives business success. Build your career in a place where diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging aren’t just words on paper – this is what drives our innovation, it’s how we connect, and it contributes to what makes us a market leader. We believe in a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.