Senior Software Engineer, Palantir

Observability

$120-200k

Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus and other potential future incentives

Java

Senior level

New York

5+ days a week in office

Data analytics software

Job no longer available

Data analytics software

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseBig dataAnalyticsData Analysis

Job no longer available

$120-200k

Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus and other potential future incentives

Java

Senior level

New York

5+ days a week in office

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseBig dataAnalyticsData Analysis

Company mission

Palantir believes in augmenting human intelligence, not replacing it. They believe with good data and the right technology, people and institutions today can still solve hard problems and change the world for the better.

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Company

Role

Who you are

Experience designing, building and operating high-scale observability or infrastructure systems
Clear and concise verbal and written communications
Experience leading complex, cross-team engineering efforts, including analysis of requirements and scoping, and knowing what it takes to deliver high-quality software
Demonstrated ability work in a fast-paced product development team, with peers and teammates across multiple locations and timezones
Willingness and enthusiasm to do what it takes to get things done, leading by example and getting involved with the team’s day-to-day work
A focus on impact and an ability to articulate the value your work provides
5+ years of professional software development experience
2+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
1+ years of experience as a mentor, tech lead Or leading an engineering team
Strong coding skills in Go, Java, or equivalent
Experience designing, building, and operating high-scale observability or infrastructure systems
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
You have a deep systems background and value technical excellence, and consistently raise the bar for your team’s technical execution
You know how to balance providing value to your users while building defensive systems that are operationally sound and easy to maintain

What the job involves

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be directly responsible for Palantir’s observability platform
This includes everything from log/metric/trace ingestion and processing, monitoring and alerting solutions, and all other workflows on top of the observability data
This role will have a direct impact on Palantir’s ability to scale our engineering efforts through these investments
Partner with our extended leadership team to set and define a technical strategy for your team aligned with the wider team strategy
Build and champion a long-term tech roadmap to reduce operational burden, ensure scalability, reduce risk, and guide your team towards step-changes whenever possible
Be technically involved and engage in substantive discussion when reviewing technical roadmaps and project implementation with the team
Work closely with teammates and stakeholders to enable sustainable and timely delivery of technical solutions to address business needs
Facilitate partnerships between engineering teams and operators to build innovative products that help Palantir scale
Act as a multiplier for other engineers on the team. Define where the technical bar should be, and help engineers achieve it. Lead engineers and accelerate their growth by providing thoughtful feedback, technical mentorship, and effectively manage performance
Foster a non-hierarchical exchange of ideas; valuing the idea rather than the individual who communicates it

Our take

Palantir have a huge mission to transform the world using data and technology. Its technology has been used to stop terrorist attacks, discover medicines and gain an edge in the financial markets. These are big and exciting problems to work on.

Palantir is a big and established company, having been founded in 2004, but is still struggling to turn a profit thanks to aggressive expansion and a general downturn in the global economy particularly affecting tech. It has large customers (including the US military and in 2024, the Israeli Defence Ministry) and a strong demand for its product, but delivery is a long-term and complex proposition that can take some time to yield returns.

There has been some controversy around the company due to the work it does for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, an organisation that Google refused to support. Palantir has stated that its technology is only used for criminal investigation and not enforcement.

Palantir has recently expanded its ongoing role with the British Ministry of Defence which will offer support for the UK's military operations and intelligence gathering by simulating operational planning. This is in addition to Palantir's partnership with the UK's NHS to help reduce the backlog of patients waiting for elective care.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

12% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.8)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 14 rounds)

Jun 2020

$550m

LATE VC

Nov 2016

$20m

LATE VC

Total funding: $2.6bn

Company benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Life and disability coverage
Paid leave for new parents and emergency back-up care for all parents
Family planning support, including fertility, adoption, and surrogacy assistance
Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
Commuter benefits
Relocation assistance
Unlimited paid time off
2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year

Company HQ

LoDo, Denver, CO

Leadership

Alexander Karp

(CEO)

Previously founded Caedmon Group. Received Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Stanford University and holds a Ph.D. in neoclassical social theory from the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany.

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