# Software Engineer - Mission Manager
**Company:** [Palantir](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/palantir)
**Location:** Washington, DC
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Kubernetes, Go, Java, APIs, Distributed Systems, Observability, System Design, Architecture, Microservices
**Posted:** 2025-08-08
> Develops and scales Mission Manager PaaS on Kubernetes for US Government, building robust APIs, controllers, and infrastructure to deploy secure applications in sensitive environments. Requires 3+ years software experience, Kubernetes expertise, Go/Java skills, and US security clearance eligibility.
## Job Description
## Core Responsibilities
- Work closely with forward deployed and customer engineers to understand product gaps and identify both short- and long-term product improvements and fixes
- Engage with and internalize Palantir’s infrastructure strategy and the needs of our customer stakeholders
- 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 and customer 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 Value
- Clear and concise verbal and written communications
- A focus on impact and an ability to articulate the value your work provides
- Confidence in troubleshooting complex systems issues independently using observability tools and service logs
- Experience developing and managing highly-available distributed systems
- Passion for designing thoughtful and robust APIs
- Deep familiarity with K8s, and the broader ecosystem of software around K8s
- Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance

## 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
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