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About the Role

Backend Software Engineers at Palantir build software at scale to transform how organisations use data. Engineers are involved throughout the product lifecycle, from idea generation to production delivery, collaborating with technical and non-technical teammates to solve customer problems. The role encourages movement across teams to share context, skills, and experience, offering opportunities to learn diverse technologies and product aspects. Engineers work autonomously within a supportive community, fostering growth into technical contributors and engineering leaders. Infrastructure teams focus on foundational layers of the software stack, including database technologies, distributed systems, large-scale data systems, security, and application infrastructure. Engineers on infrastructure contribute high-quality code to Palantir Foundry and Gotham, creating performant, secure, and scalable building blocks for products used by critical institutions globally. The role is ideal for individuals motivated to develop reliable, performant, and scalable systems and design robust APIs.

Responsibilities

Building a performant search and indexing ecosystem for complex granularly permissioned data
Contributing to open-source data processing libraries, integrating the latest innovations for performance gains
Building distributed systems that power large-scale compute workloads, orchestrating and scheduling hundreds of thousands of containers hourly
Designing architecture and opinionated APIs to guide application developers
Implementing tracing and performance observability in high-scale distributed microservice architectures
Building reliable, performant, and scalable systems for storage, auth, or asset serving
Automating the deployment, management, and operations of complex distributed systems like Cassandra, Elasticsearch, and Kafka across different environments

Requirements

Engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or a similar field
Strong coding skills with demonstrated proficiency in programming languages such as Java, C++, Python, Rust, or similar
Familiarity with storage and data processing systems, cloud infrastructure, and other technical tools
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to iterate quickly with teammates, incorporating feedback and maintaining a high bar for quality

Skills

Java
Rust
Go
Cassandra
ElasticSearch
Spark
Kafka
Kubernetes
Flink
Gradle
GitHub

Location

Remote
Onsite

Work Type

Hybrid
Remote
Onsite

Experience Level

Mid-level
Senior

Education Level

Computer Science
Mathematics
Software Engineering
Physics

Benefits

Health and well-being programs

About the Company

Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations.
Our platforms empower partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.
We believe employees are “better together” and in-person work fosters connectivity and innovation.
Palantir values excellence regardless of background.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability.
If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process, please reach out and let us know how we can help.