Principal Software Engineer – Platform Experience

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Gurugram, Haryana
In-Office
12-12 Annually
Expert/Leader
Information Technology
The Role
Lead the technical vision for Platform Experience, architect scalable services, mentor engineers, and drive technical planning for continuous improvement.
Summary Generated by Built In

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, 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!

Team Description 

Join the Platform Experience team, a core group within our GPTO Engineering organization, where you will report to the Director of Engineering. Our team is on a mission to provide the unshakeable foundation of trust, security, and scale for the entire Anaplan ecosystem. We empower our internal developers and external partners to build with speed and confidence. 

Your Impact 

  • Lead the technical vision and execution for our Platform Experience, spanning Product Security, Platform Management, and Data Integration 
  • Architect and build the next generation of highly available, secure, and scalable services that form the backbone of our platform. 
  • Collaborate with architects and Product Partners to align implementation patterns with long-term direction 
  • Apply a product mindset to ensure platform solutions meet business and customer needs 
  • Set the standard for engineering excellence through hands-on coding, insightful design, and strategic guidance across our backend technology stack (Java, Kotlin, Go, .NET). 
  • Mentor engineers across teams through design input, code reviews, and best practice sharing 
  • Champion innovation in performance, tooling, and platform features 
  • Drive technical planning, shape our long-term strategy, and lead critical incident retrospectives to ensure continuous improvement. 

Your Qualifications 

  • A seasoned software engineer with 12+ years of experience building and scaling complex platform, infrastructure, or data-centric systems 
  • Deep, hands-on expertise in designing and developing modern back-end applications (Java/J2EE) and distributed systems using RESTful APIs and event-driven patterns. 
  • Experience with K8s, public and private cloud; multi-region, multi-tenant topologies 
  • Experience with CI/CD, GitOps, and high-velocity release workflows 
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills 

 

Preferred Skills 

  • Proven experience influencing architecture and platform strategy 
  • Passion for technical mentorship and elevating engineering culture 
  • Experience scaling systems under high throughput demands 
  • Ability to drive sustainable delivery without sacrificing quality 
  • Comfortable navigating globally distributed teams and asynchronous collaboration 

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 Disclaimer  

It 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:  

  • Extend offers to candidates without an extensive interview process with a member of our recruitment team and a hiring manager via video or in person.   
  • Send job offers via email. All offers are first extended verbally by a member of our internal recruitment team whenever possible and then followed up via written communication.  

All emails from Anaplan would come from an @anaplan.com email address. Should you have any doubts about the authenticity of an email, letter or telephone communication purportedly from, for, or on behalf of Anaplan, please send an email to [email protected] before taking any further action in relation to the correspondence.   


Top Skills

.Net
Ci/Cd
Cloud
Gitops
Go
Java
K8S
Kotlin
Restful Apis
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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
2,194 Employees
Year Founded: 2006

What We Do

Anaplan is building a future where connected leaders and teams are able to constantly adapt, transform and reinvent their businesses. We make it possible to share actionable insights, empower and unleash creativity, and drive innovation. With Anaplan, finance and operational leaders across the organization can model complex scenarios, forecast continuously with added intelligence, and make agile decisions with confidence.

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