A World-Changing Company
At Palantir, we build software that is leading the world in data-driven decisions and operations. Our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more. We are committed to solving the world's most critical problems with data integration and analysis.
The Role
As a Senior Backend Software Engineer in Infrastructure, you will be involved in all stages of the product lifecycle. This includes idea generation, design, prototyping, and production delivery. You will collaborate closely with both technical and non-technical teammates to understand our customers' problems and develop innovative solutions.
Our infrastructure teams focus on the lowest layers of our software stack, often dealing with database technologies, distributed systems, large scale data systems, security, and application infrastructure. You will contribute high-quality code to support Palantir Foundry and Gotham, ensuring they are performant, secure, and scalable.
Core Responsibilities
- Building performant search and indexing ecosystems for complex, granularly permissioned data.
- Contributing to open-source data processing libraries to integrate the latest innovations for performance gains.
- Designing and building distributed systems for large scale compute workloads, orchestrating and efficiently scheduling hundreds of thousands of containers every hour.
- Developing architecture and APIs to keep application developers on the happy path, centralizing and abstracting complexity away from our users.
Technologies We Use
- Java, Rust, and Go
- Cassandra, ElasticSearch, Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes, Flink
- Industry-standard build tooling, including Gradle and GitHub
What We Value
- Collaboration and empathy with a variety of individuals.
- Quick learning and adaptation to new technologies and concepts.
- A high engineering bar with a defensive coding style.
What We Require
- Strong coding skills in languages like Java, Python, and Rust.
- Familiarity with storage and data processing systems, cloud infrastructure, and other technical tools.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to iterate quickly with feedback.
Benefits
Our benefits promote health and wellbeing across all areas of our employees' lives. We continuously improve our offerings based on community feedback. Some perks include comprehensive health coverage, support for new parents, and generous paid time off policies.
Benefits Extracted with AI
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Life and disability coverage
- Paid leave for new parents
- Family planning support
- Commuter benefits
- Relocation assistance
- Unlimited paid time off
- 2 weeks paid time off at year-end
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