Overview

Senior Software Engineer role at Anaplan. We are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through our AI-infused scenario planning and analysis platform. Our Winning Culture values diversity of thought, ambitious goals, and celebrating wins. We work with customers ranging from Fortune 50 companies including Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer.

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team in York.

Your Impact

• Software Development: Design, implement, and maintain scalable, maintainable, and efficient Python-based applications, focusing on backend and full-stack development.
• Collaboration & Communication: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to understand requirements and deliver solutions that meet business goals.
• Code Quality & Testing: Write clean, efficient code and ensure robust testing practices. Contribute to code reviews, ensuring adherence to best practices for test-driven development (TDD) and maintaining high code quality.
• Mentorship & Leadership: Provide technical mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers. Guide the team in coding practices, architecture decisions, and problem-solving approaches.
• Debugging and Optimization: Troubleshoot and debug production issues. Optimize applications for performance and responsiveness.
• Stay Up to Date with Technology: Keep yourself and the team updated on the latest Python technologies, frameworks, and tools like Apache Spark, Databricks, Apache Pulsar, Apache Airflow, Temporal, and Apache Flink, sharing knowledge and suggesting improvements.
• Documentation: Contribute to clear and concise documentation for software, processes, and systems to ensure team alignment and knowledge sharing.

Your Qualifications

• Experience: Professional experience in Python development or related software engineering roles.
• Python Proficiency: Strong knowledge of Python, including experience with web frameworks like Django, Flask, or FastAPI.
• Database Management: Solid experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL or MySQL and familiarity with NoSQL databases like Redis.
• Distributed Systems: Basic understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture; cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure) is a plus.
• Version Control: Experience with Git and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Testing and Debugging: Experience with testing tools like pytest, unit tests, and debugging skills to quickly resolve issues.
• API Design: Strong knowledge of RESTful API design and implementation; GraphQL is a plus.
• Security Best Practices: Awareness of security best practices in software development.
• Team Collaboration: Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Cloud Services: Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• DevOps Tools: Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and infrastructure automation tools like Terraform or Ansible.
• Real-time Data Streaming: Experience with Apache Pulsar or similar systems for real-time messaging and stream processing is a plus.
• Data Engineering: Experience with Apache Spark, Databricks, or similar big data platforms for processing large datasets, building data pipelines, and machine learning workflows.
• Workflow Orchestration: Familiarity with tools like Apache Airflow or Temporal for managing workflows and scheduling jobs in distributed systems.
• Stream Processing: Experience with Apache Flink or other stream processing frameworks is a plus.

Desired Skills

• Asynchronous Programming: Familiarity with asynchronous programming tools like Celery or asyncio.
• Frontend Knowledge: Exposure to frontend frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js for full-stack development is a plus.
• Event-Driven Architecture: Experience with event-driven architectures or message queuing systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ) is beneficial.
• Education: A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred but not required.

DEIB Commitment

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 and market leadership. We hire you for who you are and 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.

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Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting

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