Software Engineer

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.

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 theirs 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

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.

• 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.

Salary

The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $135,000 - $200,000/year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus and other potential future incentives. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by candidate’s relevant qualifications, work experience, skills, and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any potential sign-on bonus; the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any long-term incentives. 

Our benefits aim to promote health and wellbeing across all areas of Palantirians’ lives. We work to continuously improve our offerings and listen to our community as we design and update them. The list below details our available benefits and some of the perks that can be enjoyed as an employee of Palantir Technologies.

Benefits

•  Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance

•  Employees are automatically covered by Palantir’s 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

•  Supportive 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 but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation

•  Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child

•  Employees can enroll in Palantir’s 401k plan

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 posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.

If you want to empower the world's most important institutions, you belong here. Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer for all, including but not limited to Veterans and those with disabilities. Palantir is committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process, please reach out and let us know how we can help.