Senior Platform Engineer: Build High-Scale SaaS Platforms

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

Job summary

Anaplan is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer in the UK to craft the next generation of the Anaplan Platform. You will build platforms as products, focusing on UX, reliability, and debt reduction while extending Kubernetes APIs and writing production-grade operators.

The role demands deep expertise in Go, Java11, Rust, and distributed systems. Expect to work on high-concurrency, low-latency systems across multi-cloud environments, with an emphasis on observability using OpenTelemetry,

Qualifications

• Extensive experience building production SaaS platforms.
• Expertise in Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures.
• Proficiency in Go, Java11, Rust, and memory-efficient code.
• Experience with observability and telemetry (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Strong problem solver with distributed systems background.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable platform components; extend Kubernetes APIs.
• Develop operators and control plane logic for complex lifecycles.
• Ensure observability, reliability, and performance at scale.
• Collaborate with internal teams to deliver product-like platforms.

Skills

GoLang

Java11

Kotlin

Rust

Python

Distributed systems

SRE practices

High-scale SaaS

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubebuilder

Operator SDK

Kubernetes

Docker

Rancher

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Jenkins

ArgoCD

AWS

GCP

Azure

S3

NFS

Job description

Anaplan is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer in the UK to craft the next generation of the Anaplan Platform. You will build platforms as products, focusing on UX, reliability, and debt reduction while extending Kubernetes APIs and writing production-grade operators.

The role demands deep expertise in Go, Java11, Rust, and distributed systems. Expect to work on high-concurrency, low-latency systems across multi-cloud environments, with an emphasis on observability using OpenTelemetry,