Sr Software Engineer

Anaplan Inc; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Anaplan Inc in Gurugram is seeking a Platform Engineer to join the Kubernetes Engineering & Automation team. You will extend the Kubernetes API, create operators, and strengthen control-plane logic for scalable, stateful SaaS services.

You will design for high concurrency, implement instrumentation with OpenTelemetry, and scale Prometheus/Grafana. The role requires cloud storage experience, distributed systems knowledge, and a passion for reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• 6–9 years of programming experience in Golang or Java.
• Proven experience in building and operating a SaaS product at scale.
• Cloud experience using observability and operating workloads in Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Extend the Kubernetes API and write Kubernetes Operators to manage complex lifecycles.
• Implement control plane logic with CRDs, reconciliation loops, and automated processes.
• Contribute to scalable microservices architecture and data persistence strategies.

Skills

Kubernetes

Go

Java

Observability

Distributed Systems

SRE

Education

BS degree in Computer Science

Tools

Kubebuilder

Operator SDK

Prometheus

Grafana

ArgoCD

Job description

What you will be doing:

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 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.

Deep‑Tier Cloud Storage & Persistence

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 or Java.
• 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, Java11, Kotlin, Python.
• 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!

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.

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