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