Software Engineer - Defense Applications
About The Position
Palantir's software forms the operating system for the militaries of the United States and her allies, driving outcomes and enhancing capabilities across the full spectrum of operations, intelligence, and support activities. Our defense applications are the tip of that spear, powerful tools used daily by thousands of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines to perform critical work at home and abroad from the Pentagon to the front lines. The engineers who build, maintain, and extend these applications are responsible for wielding the immense technical potential of Palantir’s data modeling and AI platforms to create exquisite domain-specific workflows and interfaces that modernize, extend, and revolutionize the capabilities of the warfighter. This is a front-end engineering role focused on marrying Palantir’s Foundry and AIP platform technologies, application specific backend services, and modern web technologies with domain expertise. These teams are nimble and select the right tool for the task in front of them rather than adhering to a rigidly defined tech stack, but the most common setups are React for standard DOM rendering, Maplibre and/or Three js for geospatial and 3D rendering, Redux (in various flavors) for state management, Conjure for API management, and OSDK for interaction with the foundry platform. A rich ecosystem of in-house libraries and toolchains sit on top of that foundation to provide cross-app messaging, live data streaming, robust classification based access control, and a host of other specialized functions. Defense applications developers both consume and produce these re-usable tools as part of their core engineering role.
Requirements
- 2+ years of frontend software engineering experience
- Strong frontend coding skills: proficiency in JavaScript and an understanding of how web technologies work
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent understanding of algorithms, performance, and systems design
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance
Nice To Haves
- React for standard DOM rendering
- Maplibre and/or Three js for geospatial and 3D rendering
- Redux (in various flavors) for state management
- Conjure for API management
- OSDK for interaction with the foundry platform
Responsibilities
- Owning, not just executing, user-facing feature additions or enhancements.
- Spending time hands-on with customers and forward-deployed engineers to design solutions that not only meet the need but deliver value rapidly to support customers in ever-changing environments.
- Transitioning from mentee to mentor quickly as you build unique expertise in specific applications and features.
- Consuming and producing re-usable tools as part of their core engineering role.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Voluntary life insurance
- Basic life insurance
- AD&D insurance
- Disability insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Relocation assistance
- Take what you need paid time off
- 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year
- 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
- Subsidized back-up care for all parents
- Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
- Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
- 401k plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
