Senior Software Engineer - Platform & AI Enablement

Anaplan

  • York
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
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 celebrating our wins - big and small.Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, -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!Team DescriptionYou'll join the Platform & AI Enablement team within our GPTO Engineering organization, reporting to the Sr. Director Engineering API. The team is responsible for building and supporting the data and AI platforms that underpin our industry-leading Business Planning Software solutions. This is a highly hands-on role focused on designing, building, and operating scalable systems that integrate event-driven, batch & streaming data flows, and AI capabilities into the platform.Your Impact
  • Build and maintain core platform capabilities that support high-throughput batch, streaming, and AI-powered workloads.
  • Develop resilient, observable, and scalable systems using Apache Kafka, Flink, Pulsar, and cloud-native tools.
  • Collaborate with AI/ML engineers to operationalize models and enable generative AI use cases such as prompt-based insights or automation.
  • Deliver reliable integrations with data lakes, event stores, and analytics systems, ensuring data flows efficiently across the business planning ecosystem.
  • Contribute full-stack code where needed, including React-based frontends and backend services in Java and Python.
  • Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code with an emphasis on performance and reliability in production environments.
  • Actively participate in design reviews, technical discussions, and pair programming to promote strong engineering practices.
  • Own technical deliverables across sprint cycles and collaborate closely with teams across time zones.
Your Qualifications
  • 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience (or equivalent) with deep experience in platform/backend systems.
  • Expert-level skills in Java, with strong proficiency in Python.
  • Experience building distributed data pipelines using Apache Kafka, Flink, and Pulsar.
  • Familiarity with data lakes and scalable data storage patterns.
  • Demonstrated experience integrating with AI/ML models, including LLMs and prompt-based applications.
  • Proven capability in fullstack development, especially using React, and in cloud-agnostic infrastructure environments.
  • Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, feature branching, and release automation.
  • Comfortable balancing fast-paced delivery with high-quality, resilient, observable systems.
  • Experience working in international teams and supporting production environments.
Preferred Skills
  • Help define the future of a data platform at scale
  • Work on cutting-edge AI/ML enablement initiatives
  • Collaborate with high-caliber teams across data, engineering, and product
  • Influence long-term technology strategy in a high-growth environment
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. Please contact us to request accommodation.Fraud Recruitment DisclaimerIt has come to our attention that fraudulent and fictitious job opportunities are being circulated on the Internet. Prospective candidates are being contacted by certain individuals, mainly through telephone calls, emails and correspondence, claiming they are representatives of Anaplan. The main purpose of these correspondences and announcements is to obtain privileged information from individuals.Anaplan does not:
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