Software Engineer, Palantir

Python Developer Infrastructure

$125-200k

TypeScript

JavaScript

Python

GraphQL

Java

Elasticsearch

Gradle

Cassandra

C++

Lucene

Junior and Mid 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

$125-200k

TypeScript

JavaScript

Python

GraphQL

Java

Elasticsearch

Gradle

Cassandra

C++

Lucene

Junior and Mid 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.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

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
Ability to dive into and navigate complex systems to better understand the nuances in how they work
Demonstrated ability to learn and work independently and make decisions with minimal direction
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Growing subject matter expertise and depth of understanding of a problem space
Embracing, centralizing, and abstracting complexity away from our users in order to expose simple, powerful APIs
Ability to understand how technical decisions impact your users and a drive to super-power those people, particularly through empathy for developer/operator workflows and productivity
Awareness of recent industry best practices and open source advancements
Great problem solving skills with ability to evolve complex systems

What the job involves

As a Software Engineer on Developer Infrastructure, 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 Developer Infrastructure 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
There will be opportunities to contribute to open source software, including projects maintained by others that we leverage
Given the push of our new AIP product, and as we expand our AI product offerings, the demand for Python expertise has grown significantly. In response, we are building a Python Development Infrastructure team that will play a crucial role in shaping Palantir's approach to Python, a language that has not been extensively used in our products before
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
Help developers understand and adhere to development best practices by building great tools and development processes
Push Palantir to the cutting edge of software supply chain security

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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