over 8 years ago
Washington, DC, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$135k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build internal compute infrastructure and platforms for evolving organizational needs.
- Improve the maintainability, reliability, and utility of internal infrastructure.
- Make build-versus-buy decisions and partner with vendors to integrate external technologies.
- Collaborate with teams to understand emerging needs and deliver effective platform solutions.
- Participate in on-call rotations for high-severity incidents affecting critical systems.
- Research and evaluate technologies and open-source advancements to improve infrastructure.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of professional software development experience on core infrastructure with an emphasis on operational excellence.
- At least 2 years contributing to system design or architecture for new and existing systems.
- Strong systems programming proficiency in Go, Python, or Rust.
- Deep familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with AWS, Azure, GCE, or system administration/SRE work in data centers.
- Understanding of distributed systems, APIs, cloud platforms, and on-premises 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
- Medical, dental, vision, voluntary life, basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance options.
- Commuter benefits, take-what-you-need paid time off, 10 paid holidays, and two weeks of paid year-end time off subject to team and business needs.
- Supportive leave programs, including military and medical leave, paid parental leave, subsidized backup care, and fertility and family-building benefits.
- New-child expense stipend and access to a 401(k) plan.
- Primarily in-person work is encouraged, with some teams offering hybrid work one or two days per week and exceptional remote roles available based on business need.
About Palantir
Palantir builds data-integration and AI-driven analytics platforms used by governments and large enterprises to run operations and make decisions. Its core products, including Gotham and Foundry (with Apollo for deployment), are sold via software subscriptions and implementation services. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Miami, it is NYSE-listed and deployed across defense, intelligence, healthcare, and industrial sectors.