Software Engineer - Developer Productivity

Palantir Technologies•New York, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

A World-Changing Company Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more. The Role Are you passionate about engineering quality, efficiency, and increasing the impact of engineers around you? Software Engineers at Palantir build software at scale to transform how organizations globally use data. As a Software Engineer on Developer Productivity, you’ll identify, develop, and drive investments to improve the velocity and quality of our engineering, as well as bolster the happiness and productivity of other developers. The role spans a spectrum of areas, such as build and software supply-chain systems, platform runtime environments, telemetry relating concurrency, memory/performance optimizations, and monitoring/alerting. Your primary users will be other developers at Palantir. They will be empowered with the software you develop to build capabilities used by research scientists, aerospace engineers, intelligence analysts, and economic forecasters in countries around the world. There will be opportunities to contribute to open source software, including projects maintained by others that we leverage. You’ll work autonomously within a community that will support and challenge you as you grow to become a strong technical contributor and engineering leader. The team is hiring for Frontend and Backend engineers.

Requirements

2+ years of software engineering experience, preferably in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics
Strong coding skills with demonstrated proficiency in programming languages, such as Java, C++, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar languages
Great problem solving skills with ability to dive into and navigate existing complex systems
Familiarity with data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, and other technical tools
Strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice To Haves

Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance is beneficial but not necessary.

Responsibilities

Define and build standard practices for how services are operated and observed throughout their deployment
Build libraries and tooling for defining service APIs and the RPC interactions between microservices; like the conjure ecosystem
Unify frontend build and CI infrastructure across all of Palantir
Help developers understand and adhere to development practices by building great tools and development processes
Push Palantir to the cutting edge of software supply chain security

Benefits

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 but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
Employees can enroll in Palantir’s 401k plan