Senior Platform Engineer (Java/Kotlin) – API & Edge

korecv; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Anaplan, a leading enterprise decision-making platform provider, seeks an Engineer IV to join the Manchester or York team. You will drive API gateway design, multi-tenant orchestration, and backend integration with UI components, shaping platform capabilities at scale.

You will mentor engineers, advance deployment automation, and champion observability as you deliver reliable, high-throughput services in a distributed environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise-scale, high-throughput platforms.
• Deep expertise in backend JVM languages (Java and/or Kotlin).
• Proven track record delivering API-first infrastructures and edge routing solutions.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes and containerized deployments.
• Experience with GitOps workflows (ArgoCD) and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, delivery, and architecture of platform capabilities powering API gateways and edge routing.
• Build scalable backend engines for multi-tenant, high-throughput workloads.
• Set technical direction with architects and senior engineers across the Platform Experience domain.
• Champion modern deployment automation and highly available container orchestration.
• Own features end-to-end from design to production with strong observability.

Skills

Backend JVM (Java/Kotlin)

API-first infra

Kubernetes

GitOps (ArgoCD)

Edge routing

Distributed systems

Tools

Traefik

ArgoCD

Job description

Anaplan, a leading enterprise decision-making platform provider, seeks an Engineer IV to join the Manchester or York team. You will drive API gateway design, multi-tenant orchestration, and backend integration with UI components, shaping platform capabilities at scale.

You will mentor engineers, advance deployment automation, and champion observability as you deliver reliable, high-throughput services in a distributed environment.