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DevOps Engineer

Washington, DCHybrid3+ YOE
Summary

Designs and builds internal compute infrastructure platforms using Palantir products and open-source tools. Requires 3+ years in software development on core infrastructure, expertise in Go/Python/Rust, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud providers.

About the role

Core Responsibilities

  • Apply modern engineering practices to improve the maintainability, reliability, and utility of Palantir's internal compute infrastructure.
  • Drive build-vs-buy decisions and partner with vendors to integrate external technologies into our platform.
  • Collaborate with other teams to understand emerging needs and deliver solutions that help users succeed.
  • Participate in the on-call rotation for high-severity incidents affecting critical systems.
  • Research and evaluate new technologies to identify where our infrastructure can improve.

What We Value

  • Systems programming experience with strong proficiency in Go, Python, or Rust.
  • Deep familiarity with containers (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
  • Experience working with a cloud provider (AWS/Azure/GCE), or sysadmin/SRE experience in data centers.
  • Up to date with modern industry practices and open-source advancements.
  • Solid understanding of distributed systems, APIs, cloud platforms, and onprem infrastructure.
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and system reliability principles.

What We Require

  • 3+ 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.
Skills
GoPythonRustDockerKubernetesAWSAzureGoogle CloudCI/CDDistributed Systems