Job Description
Anaplan is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead architecture and development efforts for cloud-native data analytics and management solutions. Anaplan's customers rank among the who’s who in the Fortune 50, including Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer. The ideal candidate will design and implement systems for data ingestion, transformation, cataloging, and governance. They will also provide technical leadership on data architecture, cloud engineering, and DevOps best practices.
The role involves:
- Architecting and developing robust, scalable cloud-based data platform products.
- Designing and implementing systems for data ingestion, transformation, cataloging, and governance.
- Providing technical leadership on data architecture, cloud engineering, and DevOps best practices.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver user-centric solutions.
- Partnering with management and engineering infrastructure teams to optimize cloud infrastructure and platform costs.
- Mentoring and guiding engineers through technical leadership.
- Developing product capabilities for scalable data pipelines and data management workflows.
- Building systems and services that support ad hoc and AI-driven data analytics.
- Leading performance optimization, security enforcement, and reliability improvements.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in data-focused roles.
- Proven experience designing and implementing cloud-native data solutions in AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
- Strong expertise in distributed data processing frameworks like Apache Spark.
- Deep understanding of data lakehouse architectures and tools like Databricks, Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, and Unity Catalog.
- Experience building data products that support BI tools, dashboards, and analytics.
- Experience building and/or using ETL, ELT, data quality, data management platforms, and solutions
- Proficient in Python; experience with additional languages such as Scala or Java is a plus.
- Hands-on experience with data integration, transformation, and cataloging tools.
- Familiarity with modern data governance and security practices for enterprise systems.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
- Demonstrated experience in a principal or technical lead role.
Anaplan offers:
- A chance to work on optimizing business decision-making through their leading scenario planning and analysis platform.
- A Winning Culture that champions diversity of thought and ideas.
- An environment where you’ll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded.