# Senior Software Engineer, Substrate
**Company:** [Palantir](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/palantir)
**Location:** Washington, DC
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** Kubernetes, Go, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, AWS, Azure, GCP, C/C++, Cncf
**Posted:** 2025-08-08
> Designs and builds Palantir's managed Kubernetes infrastructure across clouds, on-prem, and edge environments. Requires 4+ years in core infrastructure, systems programming in Golang/C++, and deep Kubernetes expertise.
## Job Description
## Core Responsibilities
- Deliver a container runtime to challenging new environment types - new clouds, on premise, edge devices
- Build automation and establish standards for operating K8s securely at scale with zero manual ops overhead
- Drive innovation through adoption of novel K8s features and CNCF tools, making upstream contributions as needed
- Design the next generation of Palantir’s infrastructure through a deep understanding of internal systems and CNCF standards

## What We Value
- Systems programming experience with strong proficiency in **Golang**, **C/C++** or equivalent
- Working knowledge or hands on experience of infrastructure automation tools such as **Terraform**, **Ansible**, **Puppet** or **Kubernetes operators**, and competent coding in **Go**, **Java**, or equivalent for the purposes of automation or scripting
- Deep familiarity with hardware and OS configurations, diagnostic tooling, networking nuts and bolts
- Deep familiarity with containers (**Docker**) and orchestration (**Kubernetes**) at scale
- Experience working with a cloud provider (**AWS**/**Azure**/**GCP**), or sysadmin/SRE experience in data centers
- Experience designing, building, and operating high-scale observability or infrastructure systems
- Working knowledge of networking fundamentals, experience with CNIs or cloud networking infrastructure preferred

## What We Require
- 4+ 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
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
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