Engineer IV

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!

About the Role

We are looking for a curious and team-focused Data Infrastructure Engineer to join our dynamic engineering team. In this role, you will build and maintain the data pipelines that power operational insights for Anaplan. You will be responsible for bringing raw data into our Lakehouse to ensure users have the data they need to drive their decision-making. You will have a lead role in this system and will be responsible for contributing to architectural direction, mentoring junior developers, and ensuring standards are met.

You will work as a Data Infrastructure Engineer, responsible for building and maintaining the systems that bring data into our Lakehouse. This role suits an engineer who is accountable, collaborative, and comfortable moving between data sources and our Lakehouse. There will be opportunities to engage with and learn from other parts of the ODL platform including Data Science and BI Dashboarding, REST Services, and Front End UIs.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the infrastructure for bringing data into the Anaplan Lakehouse. • Own the strategy and execution of CI/CD for resilient automated deployments. • Use metrics, traces, alerts, and dashboards to ensure a reliable data pipeline. • Partner with product, analytics, and platform stakeholders to translate business needs into end-to-end technical solutions. • Lead the investigation of correctness, performance, and scalability issues across the stack. • Mentor engineers; foster a team-focused, data-driven culture. • Take accountability for the health and scalability of the systems in scope.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of technical leadership in data infrastructure. • Experience with message queues at scale, especially Pulsar. • Experience with distributed data processing frameworks at scale, especially Flink. • Experience with schema definition, enforcement, and migration. • Experience deploying to Kubernetes. • Experience working with a Lakehouse, especially Databricks. • Proven success with automated CI/CD pipelines. • Advanced SQL/notebook/Pandas experience for data validation and debugging. • Experience building dashboards and alerts in modern observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK). • Experience mentoring engineers and leading complex cross-cutting technical projects. • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and cloud-native design. • Experience with IaC, especially Terraform. • Experience with systems that cross regional boundaries.

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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!

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