Responsibilities
- Apply modern engineering practices to improve the maintainability, reliability, and utility of Palantir's internal compute infrastructure.
- Drive build-vs-buy decisions and partner with vendors to integrate external technologies into our platform.
- Collaborate with other teams to understand emerging needs and deliver solutions that help users succeed.
- Participate in the on-call rotation for high-severity incidents affecting critical systems.
- Research and evaluate new technologies to identify where our infrastructure can improve.
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional software development experience on core infrastructure with emphasis on operational excellence.
- 2+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
Nice to Have
- Systems programming experience with strong proficiency in Go, Python, or Rust.
- Deep familiarity with containers (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
- Experience working with a cloud provider (AWS/Azure/GCE), or sysadmin/SRE experience in data centers.
- Up to date with modern industry practices and open-source advancements.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, APIs, cloud platforms, and onprem infrastructure.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and system reliability principles.
- Willingness and eligibility to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
Benefits
- Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance
- Employees are automatically covered by Palantir’s basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Take what you need paid time off, not accrual based
- 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)
- 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
- Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events
- Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents
- Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
- Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
- Employees can enroll in Palantir’s 401k plan
Work Arrangement
On-site
Additional Information
- Willingness and eligibility to obtain a U.S. security clearance
- In keeping consistent with Palantir’s values and culture, we believe employees are “better together” and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore, we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation.
- Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week), allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity.
- Based on business need, there are a few roles that allow for “Remote” work on an exceptional basis.
- If you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the state in which you are employed.
- If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.
- Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer for all, including but not limited to Veterans and those with disabilities.
- Palantir is committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability.
- You will never be asked to submit a payment or share financial information to participate in our interview process.
