Senior Platform Engineer - Kubernetes & Distributed Systems

Anaplan; Salford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Anaplan is hiring a Senior Platform Engineer in Salford to craft and enhance the Anaplan Platform. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in building high-scale SaaS products and be well-versed in both full-stack systems design and distributed systems programming using Java, Rust, or JVM languages.

This role requires strong expertise with Kubernetes, cloud storage solutions, and observability tools such as OpenTelemetry and Grafana. Anaplan values diversity and offers a supportive environment where all employees are respected and valued.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building and operating production-grade SaaS products.
• Proven proficiency in Java or Rust programming.
• Experience with cloud storage and observability in Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the next generation of the Anaplan Platform.
• Develop Kubernetes Operators to manage stateful application lifecycles.
• Implement advanced observability infrastructure.

Skills

Kubernetes Operators

Java programming

Rust programming

Distributed Systems

Observability

Cloud experience

Education

BS degree in Computer Science

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Grafana

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Anaplan is hiring a Senior Platform Engineer in Salford to craft and enhance the Anaplan Platform. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in building high-scale SaaS products and be well-versed in both full-stack systems design and distributed systems programming using Java, Rust, or JVM languages.

This role requires strong expertise with Kubernetes, cloud storage solutions, and observability tools such as OpenTelemetry and Grafana. Anaplan values diversity and offers a supportive environment where all employees are respected and valued.