Web Application Developer - Defense

The role

You will build the web applications that defense organizations use every day for data-intensive operations. The work covers frontend interfaces, APIs and schemas that support them, and collaboration with users, designers and backend engineers.

What you will do

• Design and build frontend interfaces for complex, data-intensive workflows that non-technical users can operate
• Talk with customers to understand their needs and find product gaps
• Scope technical solutions and ship features incrementally
• Own the APIs and schemas that power your frontend code, working with backend engineers
• Take part in the full product lifecycle, from idea and prototype to shipping
• Build high-scale collaborative geospatial workflows and real-time collaboration tools

Required qualifications

• 2+ years of frontend software engineering experience
• Strong frontend coding skills, with 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

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance, plus voluntary life insurance
• Basic life, AD&D and disability insurance covered automatically
• Commuter benefits
• Relocation assistance
• Take-what-you-need paid time off, not accrual based
• 2 weeks paid time off at the end of each year, subject to team and business needs
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Leave of absence program, including military service and medical events
• Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care
• Fertility and family building benefits, including adoption, surrogacy and preservation
• Stipend for expenses with a new child
• 401k plan

Before you apply

• You must be eligible and willing to obtain a US Security clearance

About the company

Palantir builds software for data-driven decisions and operations used by partners in areas such as drug development, supply chain forecasting and locating missing children. Its defense product vertical builds mission-critical products for military customers.