A World-Changing Company
Palantir builds the world's leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.
The Role
As a Software Engineer working on our Palantir Gotham product, you'll contribute high-quality code to transform how public and private sector organizations use data. The features our team builds are used by research scientists, aerospace engineers, intelligence analysts, and economic forecasters, in countries around the world.
Palantir Gotham's Product Development organization is made up of small teams of Software Engineers. Each team focuses on a specific aspect of the product. For example, you might be part of a team that builds components of the Gotham release infrastructure, or build features for platform security, launching in different environments, service infrastructure, and the workspace. We encourage movement across teams to share context, skills, and experience, allowing us to learn about the product holistically.
Are you passionate about creating intuitive, scalable products that augment important institution's ability to understand their data? We want to meet you.
Technologies We Use
It doesn't matter what languages you know when you join us, but it does matter that you can write clean, effective code and learn new languages quickly. Our software is constantly evolving, so we need engineers who can do the same. Right now, we use:
• A variety of languages, including Java and Go for back end and Typescript for front end
• Open-source technologies like Cassandra, Spark, ElasticSearch, React, and Redux
• Industry-standard build tooling, including Gradle, Webpack, and Github
Core Responsibilities Collaborate on all aspects of the product lifecycle - from idea generation, design, and prototyping, to execution and shipping
Closely partner with technical and non-technical counterparts to understand our customers' problems and build products that solve them
Meet with customers to understand their needs - you might tour the assembly line at an auto manufacturer or join a counter-terror analyst at their desk to really understand their mission and their difficulties
Proven experience collaborating and empathizing with various individuals. You can iterate with users and non-technical stakeholders to understand how your technical decisions impact them.
Ability to learn, work independently and make decisions with minimal direction
Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain one is beneficial but not necessary
Strong engineering background with demonstrated proficiency in programming languages, such as Java, C++, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages
Familiarity with data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, front-end frameworks, and other technical tools
Life at Palantir
We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that's why we celebrate individuals' strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your longterm growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians' lives is just one of the ways we're investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.
In keeping consistent with Palantir's values and culture, we believe employees are “better together” and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore, we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week), allowing our employees to strike the right trade- off for their personal productivity. Based on business need, there are a few roles that allow for “Remote” work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the state in which you are employed. If the positing is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.
Palantir is committed to promoting a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We believe that all Palantirians share the responsibility of upholding our commitment to these values and encourage candidates from a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences to join us in solving the world's hardest problems. Palantir does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Palantir is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities. Please see the United States Department of Labor'sEEO poster, EEO poster supplement and Pay Transparency Notice for additional information.
Palantir is committed to making the job application process accessible to everyone. If you are living with a disability (visible or not visible) and need to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, pleasereach out and let us know how we can help.