Software Engineer, New Grad - Query Engines
About The Position
Palantir is hiring a new graduate Software Engineer for its query engines team. The team applies open-source data technologies to challenging problems and builds the data-processing infrastructure underlying Palantir Foundry. This infrastructure supports products and workloads such as no-code pipelines, interactive analysis, and processing that keeps the Ontology up to date. The role works on the systems that represent computations, optimize query plans, execute operators, and read and write data efficiently. The team builds on and extends Apache Spark, Apache DataFusion, and Apache Iceberg, incorporating open-source engine and table-format advances into demanding customer environments. Working with experienced engineers, the new hire will contribute to production systems—for example, by writing planning rules, adding capabilities to a native execution engine, or improving large-table scans—and take work through design, code review, testing, and release. Correctness, compatibility, and predictable performance are central to the work. The position offers the opportunity to learn modern data systems from the inside and apply systems engineering to consequential real-world problems. Prior experience with the listed technologies is not required; the team expects the hire to learn them.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or a similar field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Java, Rust, Scala, C++, or C.
- Strong foundations in algorithms, data structures, and concurrency.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Coursework or projects in databases, compilers, operating systems, or distributed systems.
- Contributions to open-source projects.
Responsibilities
- Build and improve data-processing infrastructure underpinning Palantir Foundry.
- Work on computation representation, query-plan optimization, operator execution, and efficient data reading and writing.
- Contribute to production systems, such as by writing planning rules, adding capabilities to a native execution engine, or making large tables faster to scan.
- Take engineering work through design, code review, testing, and release.
- Maintain high standards of correctness, compatibility, and predictable performance.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents.
- Voluntary life insurance, plus basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance coverage.
- Commuter benefits.
- Relocation assistance.
- Take-what-you-need paid time off that is not accrual based.
- Two weeks of paid time off built into the end of each year, subject to team and business needs.
- Ten 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 adoption, surrogacy, and preservation.
- Stipend to help with expenses associated with a new child.
- Enrollment in Palantir's 401(k) plan.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
