Principal Full Stack Engineer (Java/React.js)
AnaplanManchester, United KingdomPosted 16 January 2026
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Job Description
<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p>
<p>What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;">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.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;">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<em> </em>our wins – big and small.</p>
<p>Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, <a href="https://www.anaplan.com/careers/">values</a>-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!</p></div><p><strong>Role Overview</strong><br>In this Principal role, you will lead the design, build and operational excellence of core platform capabilities covering backend services, modern frontend applications, and critical platform infrastructure or APIs. You will drive architectural strategy, mentor senior engineers, collaborate at cross functional and technical leadership levels, and ensure the system scales reliably across global, enterprise use cases.</p>
<p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Define and implement the architecture and delivery of backend services and microservices, supporting high throughput, globally distributed systems.</li>
<li>Lead frontend development using modern frameworks (React/Angular/Vue.js + TypeScript) for responsive, performant, enterprise grade applications.</li>
<li>Drive design and implementation of containerization/Docker and orchestration (Kubernetes) for production scale deployment and standardization across teams.</li>
<li>Partner with cross functional leaders (product, UX, QA, architecture) to shape roadmap, align technical strategy with business priorities and ensure rapid but sustainable delivery.</li>
<li>Establish engineering best practices: code reviews, technical mentorship, continuous improvement, testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, observability and platform health.</li>
<li>Own cloud-native delivery (AWS, GCP, Azure), infrastructure-as-code, monitoring and operational resilience for mission critical capabilities.</li>
<li>Lead risk identification and mitigation, optimize system performance, ensure scalability and reliability across multi‑tenant enterprise environments.</li>
<li>Act as a mentor and thought leader, enabling engineers across teams, contributing to onboarding, knowledge sharing, industry innovation, and engineering culture.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Required Skills &amp; Experience</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Extensive professional software engineering experience (or analogous senior technical leadership) with deep expertise in Java and object-oriented design.</li>
<li>Proven full stack development background: frontend (JavaScript, HTML, CSS) and backend (APIs, databases, distributed systems).</li>
<li>Demonstrated experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue.js) and proficiency with TypeScript.</li>
<li>Strong understanding of RESTful API design, relational dat ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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