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London, Greater London, England
Senior level
London, Greater London, England
Senior level
Design and maintain scalable Python applications, work with cross-functional teams, ensure code quality, mentor junior engineers, and optimize application performance.
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At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators who are focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading 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 that 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 have fun celebrating our wins.

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 be your best self!

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team! 

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 SparkDatabricksApache PulsarApache AirflowTemporal, 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 DjangoFlask, 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 AWSGCP, 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 SparkDatabricks, 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 ReactAngular, or Vue.js for full-stack development is a plus.
  • Event-Driven Architecture: Experience with event-driven architectures or message queuing systems (e.g., KafkaRabbitMQ) is beneficial.
  • Education: A degree in Computer ScienceEngineering, or a related field is preferred but not required.

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Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusionand Belonging 

Build your career in a place that thrives on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. 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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  • 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.  
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Top Skills

Angular
Ansible
Apache Airflow
Apache Flink
Apache Pulsar
Spark
Asyncio
AWS
Azure
Celery
Databricks
Django
Docker
Fastapi
Flask
GCP
Git
Gitlab Ci
Jenkins
Kafka
MySQL
Postgres
Pytest
Python
RabbitMQ
React
Redis
Temporal
Terraform
Vue

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