Backend Software Engineer

1 week ago


Palo Alto, California, United States Palantir Technologies Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Backend Software Engineer to join our team at Palantir Technologies. As a key member of our infrastructure team, you will be responsible for designing and developing scalable, secure, and high-performance software systems that power our products.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and implement performant search and indexing ecosystems for complex, granularly permissioned data.
  • Contribute to the development of open-source data processing libraries, integrating the latest innovations to achieve performance gains.
  • Build and maintain distributed systems that power large-scale compute workloads, orchestrating and efficiently scheduling hundreds of thousands of containers every hour.
  • Design architecture and opinionated APIs to keep application developers on the happy path.
  • Implement tracing and performance observability in high-scale distributed microservice architectures.
  • Develop reliant, performant, and scalable systems for storage, authentication, and asset serving to enable other product teams to build robust applications without deep domain expertise in the underlying systems.
  • Automate 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 a similar field.
  • Strong coding skills with demonstrated proficiency in programming languages, such as Java, C++, Python, Rust, or similar languages.
  • Familiarity with storage and data processing systems, cloud infrastructure, and other technical tools.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to iterate quickly with teammates, incorporating feedback and holding a high bar for quality.
What We Offer
  • Competitive salary range: $135,000 - $200,000/year.
  • Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), sign-on bonus, and other potential future incentives.
  • Unlimited paid time off, 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year.
  • Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability coverage, and more.
Why Palantir?

We are committed to promoting a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion and are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We believe that all Palantirians share the responsibility of upholding our commitment to these values and encourage candidates from a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences to join us in solving the world's hardest problems.



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