Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer, New Grad - US Government

The role

You will build, operate and maintain high-performance, scalable and reliable services for Palantir platforms and deployments. You will support Palantir software in production, deploy products at customer sites, and work with forward deployed and product teams on systems that support government missions.

What you will do

• Handle support and operations of Palantir software, including monitoring and alerting, configuration management and upgrades
• Deploy new Palantir products at customer deployments and perform migrations to the latest infrastructure types
• Debug, improve and optimize Palantir's services and infrastructure for long-term reliability and scalability
• Reduce manual operations and automate workflows, processes and runbooks where possible
• Provide technical troubleshooting for production issues, ensuring timely resolution and minimal impact on operations
• Participate in a support on-call schedule
• Develop novel solutions in Palantir's Foundry and Apollo platforms to solve infrastructure challenges
• Participate in sensible, scalable systems design and share responsibility with forward deployed and product teams for diagnosing, resolving and preventing production issues

Required qualifications

• Strong engineering background in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics or Data Science
• Strong coder with shown proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Go, Python, JavaScript or similar
• Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance
• Confidence in troubleshooting complex systems issues independently using observability tools and service logs
• Ability to identify and automate highly manual tasks
• Comfort with large scale production systems and technologies such as load balancing, monitoring, distributed systems or configuration management
• Proficiency with programming languages such as Java, Python, Bash, JavaScript, Go or similar
• Ability to work with a high level of autonomy and responsibility in a rapidly changing environment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in multi-functional teams

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents
• Voluntary life insurance
• Basic life, AD&D and disability insurance, automatically covered
• 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 per calendar year
• Supportive leave of absence program, including 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 for expenses that come with a new child

Before you apply

• An active US Security clearance is required, or you must be eligible and willing to obtain one
• Remote work is offered only on an exceptional basis, and you must work from the state where you are employed
• Palantir will never ask you to submit a payment or share financial information during the interview process

About the company

Palantir builds software for data-driven decisions and operations. Its platforms help partners develop drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions and locate missing children.