At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a dynamic team to optimise SaaS product delivery and support innovative backend tooling.
- Company: Anaplan, a leader in AI-infused scenario planning for top global companies.
- Benefits: Inclusive culture, career growth, and the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies.
- Other info: Diversity and inclusion are at our core; bring your authentic self to work!
- Why this job: Make a real impact by solving complex problems and mentoring future engineers.
- Qualifications: Experience in backend micro-services and a passion for learning new technologies.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
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. 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 celebrating our 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!
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join Anaplan’s Platform Engineering team in York or Manchester where you and the team will be responsible for streamlining the delivery of Anaplan’s SaaS product offerings. The role encompasses a wide range of responsibilities, and you’ll have the opportunity to work with many different technologies. You will be contributing to the growth and expansion of the business and, in parallel, supporting the evolution of our technical stack through the implementation and adoption of new technologies. You will report to the leadership within Platform Engineering.
Your Impact
- Be a part of an agile, autonomous team that develops and supports internal backend tooling that helps our engineers to ship their services to customers.
- Actively champion and promote best practices for developing and delivering SaaS services into production safely and easily, with zero-downtime.
- Apply and expand your skills as necessary. We really appreciate people who are keen to learn and grow.
- Have a focus on solving problems rather than building features.
- Pair with your colleagues to build everything from rapid prototypes to highly testable and tested platform capabilities.
- Lead technical discussions and projects.
- Mentor more junior engineers.
- Practice and coach others on best practices (clean code, refactoring, TDD, BDD).
Your Qualifications
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to craft well architected and easy to reason about applications.
- Experience writing backend micro-services. Bonus points if you have prior experience with Rust or other strongly typed languages.
- Experience with writing library code or contributing to open-source style projects.
- Happy writing and maintaining documentation on our tooling for consumption by other teams in the company.
- You will have a strong focus on writing tests and will have a clear view of how and why different kinds of tests should be developed and run.
- Any experience using deployment tools/technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform or Harness is advantageous.
- Positive energy and enthusiasm - culture is a really big deal for us...we're looking for really smart people who love solving big problems and are motivated to get things done.
- You're not afraid to show off your work, as well as learn new things.
Preferred Skills
- Knowledge of / willingness to pick up Rust and ideally experience with writing developer focused tooling and software previously.
- Demonstratable experience in at least one strongly typed programming language and one dynamic programming language, ideally Rust & nodeJS.
- Experience with Public Cloud providers, ideally AWS.
- Experience with CI/CD tooling and pipelines.
- Any experience with Observability platforms such as Grafana would be advantageous.
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!
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.
Remote Senior Infrastructure Engineer in Chelmsford employer: Anaplan
Anaplan is an exceptional employer that fosters a Winning Culture, where innovation and collaboration thrive. With a strong commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, employees are encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work while enjoying ample opportunities for professional growth and development. Located in vibrant cities like York and Manchester, Anaplan offers a dynamic work environment that champions best practices and empowers teams to tackle meaningful challenges together.
