# Software Engineer - Environment Platform

**Company:** [Palantir](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/palantir)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Kubernetes, Go, Java, APIs, Distributed Systems, Observability, Infrastructure Systems
**Posted:** 2024-09-05

> Builds and evolves Kubernetes-based APIs and controllers to enable containerization across Palantir's platforms and customer infrastructure. Requires 3+ years software experience, Go/Java proficiency, system design expertise, and bachelor's degree.

## Job Description

## Core Responsibilities
- Engage with and internalize Palantir’s infrastructure strategy and the needs of your team’s customer base
- Deeply understand and leverage K8s primitives, the broader OSS ecosystem around K8s, and highly technical service lifecycle semantics to solve business critical problems at scale
- Build and evolve the APIs through which in-house as well as third-party software developers interact with K8s to satisfy their runtime needs, cleanly abstracting away the complex distributed systems powering them
- Work closely with your team and stakeholders to enable sustainable and timely delivery of technical solutions to address business needs
- Champion a long-term tech roadmap to reduce operational burden, ensure scalability, reduce risk, and strive for step-changes whenever possible

## What We Require
- 3+ years of professional software development experience
- 1+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- 1+ years of experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Strong coding skills in **Go**, **Java**, or equivalent
- Experience designing, building, and operating high-scale observability or infrastructure systems
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

## What We Value
- Clear and concise verbal and written communications
- A focus on impact and an ability to articulate the value your work provides
- Experience developing and managing highly-available distributed systems
- Passion for designing thoughtful and robust APIs
- Deep familiarity with **Kubernetes (K8s)**, and the broader ecosystem of software around K8s

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