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Backend Software Engineer - Infrastructure, Foundations

Builds performant, scalable infrastructure including distributed systems, search/indexing, and container orchestration for Palantir's Foundry and Gotham platforms. Requires strong coding in backend languages like Java/Rust/Go and familiarity with data processing/storage systems.

New York, NYBackend EngineeringHybrid

About the role

Core Responsibilities

  • Building a performant search and indexing ecosystem for complex granularly permissioned data
  • Contributing to open-source data processing libraries, integrating the latest innovations to achieve performance gains
  • Building the distributed systems that power large scale compute workloads, orchestrating and efficiently scheduling hundreds of thousands of containers every hour
  • Designing architecture and opinionated APIs to keep application developers on the happy path
  • Tracing and performance observability in high scale distributed microservice architectures
  • Building reliable, performant, and scalable systems for storage, auth, or asset serving to enable other product teams to build robust applications without deep domain expertise in the underlying systems
  • Automating the deployment, management, and operations of complex distributed systems like Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and more across different environments

Technologies We Use

  • Different backend languages, including Java, Rust, and Go
  • Open-source technologies like Cassandra, ElasticSearch, Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes, Flink
  • Industry-standard build tooling, including Gradle and GitHub

What We Require

  • Engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics or similar field.
  • Strong coding skills with demonstrated proficiency in programming languages, such as Java, C++, Python, Rust, or similar languages.
  • Familiarity with storage and data processing systems, cloud infrastructure, and other technical tools.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to iterate quickly with teammates, incorporating feedback and holding a high bar for quality.

Skills

JavaRustGoCassandraElasticsearchKafkaKubernetesSparkFlinkGradlePythonC++

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