7 months ago
Base Salary
$145k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and optimize software for mission-critical autonomous systems
- Develop real-time algorithms for heterogeneous sensor processing, state estimation, and threat detection
- Build LLM- and AI-driven systems that assess threats and support rapid response decisions
- Integrate sensors, effectors, and autonomous platforms
- Engineer scalable, reliable, and fail-safe systems for high-stakes environments
- Collaborate with robotics experts, hardware engineers, system integrators, and other multidisciplinary teams
Requirements
- At least 5 years of professional software development experience
- At least 2 years contributing to system design or architecture, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling
- At least 2 years mentoring, serving as a tech lead, or leading an engineering team
- Strong proficiency in Rust, Python, C++, or Java
- Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
- Active US security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain one
- Experience developing software for autonomous systems, embedded systems, or robotics is valued
- Knowledge of AI/ML, sensor processing, swarm behaviors, LLM toolchains, and real-time agent workflows is valued
- Experience deploying and maintaining robust production systems
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, voluntary life, basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance
- Commuter benefits and relocation assistance
- Take-what-you-need paid time off, plus two weeks of paid time off at year-end subject to team and business needs
- Ten paid holidays
- Supportive leave of absence program, including military and medical leave
- Paid leave for new parents and subsidized backup care
- Fertility and family-building benefits
- New-child expense stipend
- 401(k) plan
- Primarily in-person office work, with some teams offering hybrid work one or two days per week and exceptional remote arrangements
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.