Senior Software Engineer, Substrate
Designs and builds Palantir's managed Kubernetes product for diverse environments including clouds, on-prem, and edge. Builds automation for zero-manual ops, ensures scale, stability, and security; requires 4+ years infrastructure experience, Golang proficiency, and Kubernetes expertise.
About the job
Core Responsibilities
- Deliver a container runtime to challenging new environment types - new clouds, on premise, edge devices
- Build automation and establish standards for operating K8s securely at scale with zero manual ops overhead
- Drive innovation through adoption of novel K8s features and CNCF tools, making upstream contributions as needed
- Design the next generation of Palantir’s infrastructure through a deep understanding of internal systems and CNCF standards
What We Value
- Systems programming experience with strong proficiency in Golang, C/C++ or equivalent
- Working knowledge or hands on experience of infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet or Kubernetes operators, and competent coding in Go, Java, or equivalent for the purposes of automation or scripting
- Deep familiarity with hardware and OS configurations, diagnostic tooling, networking nuts and bolts
- Deep familiarity with containers (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) at scale
- Experience working with a cloud provider (AWS/Azure/GCE), or sysadmin/SRE experience in data centers
- Experience designing, building, and operating high-scale observability or infrastructure systems
- Working knowledge of networking fundamentals, experience with CNIs or cloud networking infrastructure preferred
What We Require
- 4+ years of professional software development experience on core infrastructure with emphasis on operational excellence
- 2+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Skills
Kubernetes, Go, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, AWS, Azure, GCP, C++, Cncf
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