Software Engineer, New Grad - Infrastructure

Core Responsibilities

• Build features to improve the developer experience for other Palantir engineers or improve the scalability and reliability of Palantir’s platforms.
• Participate throughout the product lifecycle from idea generation and design to execution and rollout.
• Collaborate closely with technical and non-technical counterparts to understand developers' and customers' problems and build infrastructure to address them.
• Work in small teams focused on one of: Backend Infrastructure, Developer Infrastructure, Frontend Infrastructure, or Storage Infrastructure.

Technologies We Use

• Languages: Java, Go (backend), TypeScript (frontend)
• Open-source: Cassandra, Spark, Elasticsearch, React, Redux
• Build tooling: Gradle, CircleCI, GitHub

What We Value

• Passion for helping other developers build better applications.
• Empathy for the impact of changes on workflows and productivity.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with engineers, users, and non-technical team members.
• Willingness to learn independently, make decisions, and ask effective questions.
• Eagerness to explore source code of open-source libraries (e.g., Cassandra, Chromium) for deep understanding or debugging.
• Staying current with industry practices and open-source advancements.
• Active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain one.

What We Require

• Engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or related fields.
• Familiarity with data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, frontend frameworks, and other technical tools.
• Experience coding in languages such as Java, C++, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, or similar.