Software Engineer - Mission Manager

The role

You will help build and scale Mission Manager, a platform that lets US Government customers and vendors run software securely in sensitive environments. You will design APIs powered by Kubernetes controllers and work with forward deployed and customer engineers.

What you will do

• Work closely with forward deployed and customer engineers to find product gaps and identify short- and long-term fixes
• Engage with Palantir's infrastructure strategy and the needs of customer stakeholders
• Use Kubernetes primitives, the open-source ecosystem around Kubernetes and service lifecycle semantics to solve business-critical problems at scale
• Build and evolve APIs through which developers interact with Kubernetes, abstracting away complex distributed systems
• Work with your team and stakeholders to deliver technical solutions on time
• Champion a long-term tech roadmap to reduce operational burden, ensure scalability and reduce risk

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience
• 1+ years of experience contributing to system design or architecture
• 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
• Clear and concise verbal and written communication
• Confidence troubleshooting complex systems issues independently using observability tools and service logs
• Experience developing and managing highly-available distributed systems
• Deep familiarity with Kubernetes and the broader ecosystem around it
• Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain one

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance, plus 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 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 for all parents
• Fertility and family building benefits, including adoption, surrogacy and preservation
• Stipend for expenses that come with a new child
• 401k plan

Before you apply

• An active US Security clearance is valued, or you must be eligible and willing to obtain one

About the company

Palantir builds software for data-driven decisions and operations, used by partners to develop drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions and locate missing children. The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.