Senior Backend Software Engineer - Infrastructure

The Role

Software Engineers at Palantir build software at scale to transform how organizations use data. Our infrastructure teams are responsible for the lowest layers of our software stack, focused on database technologies, distributed systems, large scale data systems, security, and application infrastructure. As a Software Engineer on infrastructure working on our Foundry platform, you'll contribute high-quality code to underpin Palantir Foundry and Gotham with performant, secure, and scalable building blocks.

Core 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, auth, 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

Technologies We Use

• Backend languages including Java, Rust, and Go
• Open-source technologies like Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes, Flink
• Industry-standard build tooling, including Gradle and GitHub

What We Require

• 6+ years of experience designing, building, and operating scalable and reliable infrastructure systems in a production environment
• Engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics or 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

What We Value

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and empathize with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to learn new technology and concepts; experience with highly-available distributed systems is beneficial
• Bias towards quality, defensive coding, and careful consideration of edge cases
• Focus on user-centric solution design and clean API abstraction
• Active US Security clearance, or eligibility/willingness to obtain one, is beneficial but not necessary