Platform Software Engineer

Platform Software Engineer Overview

Anaplan is looking for a Platform Software Engineer to join the Core Resource Management team and help develop and support the Kubernetes-based platform that powers the company’s services. This role is centered on building practical, elegant solutions in Rust and making a meaningful contribution from the outset. A major part of the work involves a cost-optimisation initiative that tracks the hosting resources customers consume and automatically adjusts them up or down to better match demand. The team describes this as a high-priority, fast-moving effort with significant strategic value.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and maintain automation that right-sizes customer hosting resources on Anaplan’s Kubernetes platform.
• Help reduce cloud spend and improve platform efficiency through better resource usage.
• Write robust, efficient Rust services that support platform stability and scale.
• Take responsibility for services across their full lifecycle, including infrastructure definitions, deployment pipelines, monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and automated testing.
• Contribute to weekly architecture and system design discussions that influence the technical direction of the team.
• Participate in code reviews and help uphold engineering standards.
• Support the growth of less experienced engineers through mentoring and collaboration.
• Work closely with teammates and the broader engineering organisation in York to ensure infrastructure work supports company-wide goals.

What the team is looking for

• Experience with at least one modern backend or systems language such as Rust, Go, C++, Python, or Java, along with a strong interest in focusing primarily on Rust.
• A history of delivering complex technical projects into production.
• Hands-on experience with frequent deployments to live systems and, ideally, a true continuous integration and continuous delivery approach.
• Practical knowledge of observability tools and methods, including monitoring, alerting, and logging platforms such as Grafana, Prometheus, or Datadog.
• Experience working in Agile, cross-functional teams and partnering effectively with product managers and other engineering teams.
• It would be a major advantage to have experience in platform cost optimisation, performance profiling, or capacity planning, especially in a FinOps context.

Team and culture

Anaplan describes itself as a company focused on improving business decision-making through an AI-driven scenario planning and analysis platform. Its customers include many large global organisations, and the company emphasizes a “Winning Culture” built around customer success, ambitious goals, disciplined execution, and celebrating achievements of all sizes. The organisation also highlights its commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, stating that it values different perspectives and wants employees to bring their authentic selves to work.

The company says it welcomes people regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability, citizenship, or other personal characteristics. It also states that reasonable accommodations will be provided for candidates and employees with disabilities during the application process, interviews, essential job duties, and access to employment benefits.

Important notice about recruitment

Anaplan warns applicants about fraudulent job advertisements and impersonation attempts. The company says it does not make offers without a thorough interview process involving both recruitment and hiring managers, does not send job offers by email, and that any legitimate email from the company will come from an @anaplan.com address. If someone is unsure whether a message is genuine, Anaplan asks them to contact [email protected] before taking further action.

How to apply

Applications are submitted through the online form on the job page. The form requests standard details such as name, email, phone number, resume or CV, LinkedIn profile, and information about how the applicant heard about the role. It also asks whether the applicant is legally authorised to work in the country where the job is based for any employer, and whether they now or in the future will require visa sponsorship from Anaplan.

Degree Requirement: Not Specified

Visa Sponsorship May be