Software Engineer - Core Interfaces

The role

You will build cross-application frontend frameworks that let Palantir applications work together in real time. You will work on API design and user experience, from low-level implementation to high-level UX decisions.

What you will do

• Work with cross-application frameworks end-to-end, from low-level implementation to high-level UX decisions
• Use core web APIs such as Broadcast Channels, Service Workers and Local Storage to enable real-time communication between applications
• Help develop an Electron application using Electron-specific capabilities such as the IPC API
• Design ergonomic, portable APIs that can slot into any application that adopts them
• Design new cross-app user interactions that feel native and intuitive
• Build relationships with teams across the company and learn different codebases and architectural patterns

Required qualifications

• 2+ years of frontend software engineering experience
• Strong frontend coding skills, including 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
• Passion for collaborating across teams and quickly ramping up on unfamiliar codebases
• Creative problem-solving skills and excitement about designing novel user interactions
• Experience building high-quality software in a fast-paced CI/CD development environment
• Ability to ramp up quickly and autonomously, learn continuously, work independently and make decisions with minimal supervision

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents, 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 built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)
• 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• Leave of absence program, including time off for 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 to help with expenses that come with a new child
• 401k plan

Before you apply

• Eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance is required
• 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, helping partners develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions and locate missing children. It is an Equal Opportunity Employer.