Software Engineer - Infrastructure, Foundry Platform

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Building a performant search and indexing ecosystem for complex granularly permissioned data
• Contributing to open-source data processing libraries, integrating the latest innovations to achieve performance gains
• Building the distributed systems that power large scale compute workloads, orchestrating and efficiently scheduling hundreds of thousands of containers every hour
• Designing architecture and opinionated APIs to keep application developers on the happy path
• Tracing and performance observability in high scale distributed microservice architectures
• Building reliant, performant, and scalable systems for storage, authentication, or asset serving to enable other product teams to build robust applications
• Automating the deployment, management, and operations of complex distributed systems like Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and more across different environments

Requirements

• Engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics or similar field
• Strong coding skills with proficiency in programming languages such as Java, C++, Python, Rust, or similar
• Familiarity with storage and data processing systems, cloud infrastructure, and technical tools
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to iterate quickly with teammates
• Ability to learn new technology and concepts, even without in-depth experience
• Experience developing and managing highly-available distributed systems is beneficial, but not required
• Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance is beneficial, but not necessary

Nice to Have

• Experience developing and managing highly-available distributed systems

Benefits & Perks

• 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
• Relocation assistance
• 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 adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
• Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
• Employees can enroll in Palantir's 401k plan