Production Engineer - Database Operations

The role

You will deploy and maintain the database layer that Palantir's products depend on, and automate routine database work. You will also respond to critical production issues and manage large scale database migrations.

What you will do

• Build software that automates routine work of deploying and running production databases
• Participate in regular on-call rotations
• Troubleshoot, diagnose and fix stability and reliability issues in production database systems
• Take part in post-incident reviews and own follow-up actions
• Find patterns across incidents, tickets and alerts and propose systemic improvements
• Manage and execute large scale migrations of the database fleet
• Partner with customer-facing teams during incidents and new database setups
• Work with database and infrastructure teams to build resilient, highly available systems
• Build documentation, metrics, monitors and troubleshooting tools
• Set engineering and operational standards through code reviews, design reviews and feedback

Required qualifications

• Engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics or similar field
• Experience writing code in languages such as Java, Python and Go, through past roles or personal projects
• Experience with cloud and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, GCP, Azure and OpenShift
• Experience with database technologies such as Cassandra, Elasticsearch and Kafka
• Solid foundation in Linux and how distributed web services work
• Familiarity with observability tools such as Grafana and Prometheus
• Strong written and verbal communication and the ability to iterate quickly with teammates

Benefits

• Restricted Stock Units
• Sign-on bonus
• Health and well-being programs

Before you apply

• Palantir is particularly interested in applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore
• Singapore citizens are encouraged to apply
• You will never be asked to submit a payment or share financial information during the interview process

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 says its employees are better together and encourages in-person work.