# Software Engineer - Apollo Systems
**Company:** [Palantir](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/palantir)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** Go, Java, Kubernetes, Docker, Oci, Amazon Ecr, Google Artifact Registry, Azure Container Registry, CI/CD, Distributed Systems
**Posted:** 2025-11-10
> Builds and operates large-scale distributed systems for Kubernetes cluster backup, restore, and management across diverse environments using performance-optimized storage. Requires 4+ years experience in infrastructure, Golang/Java proficiency, and container technologies.
## Job Description
## Core Responsibilities
- Build and maintain highly available systems responsible for orchestration of software deployment across hundreds of production environments
- Develop performance sensitive storage features and optimizations to store and serve Palantir products
- Engage and solve problems that customers need today with a tight feedback loop for what is important and what works
- Work directly with other teams to solve problems that cross the team boundary
- Debug complex issues and performance problems throughout the stack, including open source

## What We Value
- Systems programming experience with strong proficiency in **Golang**, **Java** or equivalent. This is a highly hands on, code writing heavy position!
- Some familiarity with containers (**Docker**) and orchestration (**Kubernetes**) at scale
- Experience working with hosted container registries such as **Amazon ECR**, **Google Artifact Registry**, or **Azure Container Registry** is highly desirable
- Familiarity with the **OCI Distribution Spec** and open source registry projects (e.g., distribution/distribution, Harbor)
- Experience designing, building, and operating high-scale observability or infrastructure systems
- Experience building high-quality software in a fast-paced **CI/CD** development environment
- High empathy for developer and operators workflows and productivity

## 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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