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 designing interfaces for complex workflows, talking with users to find product gaps, and owning the APIs and schemas that power your frontend code.

What you will do

• Architect and develop interfaces that make complex, data-intensive workflows powerful and easy for non-technical users
• Talk with users to understand their needs and identify product gaps
• Scope solution designs and find an incremental path to shipping new features
• Own APIs and schemas that power frontend code, working with backend engineers
• Work with product designers to brainstorm and iterate on intricate UX needs
• Take part in the product lifecycle from idea generation and prototyping to shipping
• Build high-scale, collaborative geospatial workflows (Gaia)
• Design frameworks for complex workflows across applications in one workspace
• Develop real-time collaborative tooling and data-analysis solutions (Secure Collaboration)

Required qualifications

• 2+ years of frontend software engineering experience
• Strong frontend coding skills and proficiency in JavaScript
• 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
• Experience building high-quality software in a fast-paced CI/CD environment
• Ability to work in teams of technical and non-technical people
• Ability to learn new technology and concepts, even without in-depth experience
• Eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance, plus voluntary life insurance
• Automatic basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
• 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

• Eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance are required

About the company

Palantir builds software for data-driven decisions and operations, used by partners for purposes such as developing drugs, forecasting supply chain disruptions and locating missing children. Its defense product vertical builds mission-critical products for militaries.