Senior Software Engineer

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 whos who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola LinkedIn Adobe LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2400 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 youll be inspired connected developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and lets build whats next - together!

Our customers rank among the whos who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola LinkedIn Adobe LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2400 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 celebratingour wins big and small.

Supported by operating principles of being strategy-ledvalues-based and disciplined in execution youll be inspired connected developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and lets build whats next - together!

We are seeking aSenior Software Engineer to join our team in Manchester!

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: A basic understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture as well as 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; knowledge of 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 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.

Our Commitment to Diversity Equity Inclusionand 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 arent just words on paper this is what drives our innovation its 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.

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