1 year ago
Washington, DC, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$135k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Work with forward-deployed and customer engineers to identify product gaps, improvements, and fixes
- Build and evolve APIs that allow internal and customer developers to interact with Kubernetes runtime capabilities
- Use Kubernetes primitives, its open-source ecosystem, and service lifecycle semantics to solve business-critical problems at scale
- Abstract complex distributed systems into an infrastructure-agnostic runtime for specialized microservices
- Collaborate with teammates and stakeholders to deliver timely, sustainable technical solutions
- Champion a long-term technology roadmap focused on scalability, reduced operational burden, and risk reduction
- Engage with Palantir’s infrastructure strategy and customer stakeholder needs
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional software development experience
- 1+ year contributing to system design or architecture for new or existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling
- 1+ year as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team leader
- Strong coding skills in Go, Java, or an equivalent language
- Experience designing, building, and operating high-scale observability or infrastructure systems
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Active US security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain one
- Clear verbal and written communication skills and the ability to articulate the impact of technical work
- Ability to troubleshoot complex systems independently using observability tools and service logs
- Experience developing and managing highly available distributed systems
- Deep familiarity with Kubernetes and its broader open-source ecosystem
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, voluntary life, basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance options
- Commuter benefits and relocation assistance
- Flexible paid time off, two additional weeks of year-end paid time off subject to team and business needs, and 10 paid holidays
- Supportive leave programs, including military and medical leave
- Paid parental leave, subsidized backup care, fertility and family-building benefits, and a new-child stipend
- 401(k) plan
- Employees are encouraged to work from offices; many teams offer hybrid work one or two days per week, with limited exceptional remote roles
Tech Stack
About Palantir
AI-powered automation for every decision. At Palantir, our software powers AI-driven decisions in critical government and commercial enterprises in the West, from the factory floors to the front lines. Our platforms feature advanced tools for data protection, governance, responsible use of AI, and civilian protection capabilities for defense applications. Dominate your most complex problems with Palantir.