Senior Software Engineer

Anaplan; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Catered lunches

Fully stocked kitchen

Bonuses

Health benefits

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Anaplan is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to extend the Kubernetes API, build scalable microservices, and advance our cloud-native observability stack. You'll work on high-concurrency systems and memory-efficient code in a fast-paced SaaS environment.

Ideal candidates have 6–9 years in Go, strong Kubernetes experience, and a passion for SRE practices, OTEL and cloud storage. Based in Gurugram, India, with a focus on delivering reliable, scalable platforms.

Qualifications

• BS degree or equivalent practical experience in computer science.
• 6–9 years of programming experience in Golang.
• Proven experience building and operating a SaaS product at scale.
• Hands-on Kubernetes and cloud-native observability stack.
• Experience with storage and data locality in hybrid environments.

Responsibilities

• Extend the Kubernetes API and write custom operators.
• Design scalable microservices with high concurrency.
• Implement and scale observability with OTEL, Prometheus, Grafana.
• Develop memory-efficient, thread-safe Go or JVM code.

Skills

Golang

Kubernetes

Distributed Systems

Cloud Platforms

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Grafana

Thread-safe Code

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Jenkins

ArgoCD

Docker

Rancher

Kubebuilder

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!

What you will be doing:

• 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 resource definitions (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: 6+ years of experience building and operating production-grade SaaS products. You have first‑hand experience with the \"death by a thousand cuts\" that comes with scaling to millions of requests.
• Systems Programming: Advanced proficiency in Go or JVM-based languages, with a focus on writing memory‑efficient and thread‑safe code.
• You understand the physics of data.
• - Storage Internals: We need more than S3 API knowledge. You should understand the performance 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 at metrics; you design the telemetry that allows for deep‑dive distributed tracing and root‑cause analysis.
• Observability Infrastructure: Hands‑on experience scaling Prometheus and Grafana to handle high‑cardinality data.

More about you:

• BS degree in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience as a professional Platform Engineer.
• 6-9 years of programming experience in Golang
• 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).
• Bonus: Experience with AI/ML, Natural Language

Technologies you’ll work with:

• Programming languages: GoLang,
• Storage & Persistence: S3, NFS
• Container and Orchestration: Kubernetes/Containers (Docker)/Rancher RKE
• Deployment: Jenkins, ArgoCD

What we offer:

• A rewarding, progressive career with a company that values diversity, flexibility and understands the need for a good work/life balance.
• Market‑leading salaries combined with generous bonuses, and a range of comprehensive benefits.
• Regular agile meetups, events, and hackathons (both attending and hosting!)
• Flexible working, catered lunches, a fully stocked kitchen, and plenty of parties and events.
• A range of sports, health, and wellbeing initiatives.
• 3 days of paid leave every year to help support the charity or cause of your choice.
• Huge problems to tackle –you will constantly be learning and pushing boundaries, working with some of the smartest people around!

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and 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!

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