Palantir
Backend Software Engineer - Defense
$135K–$200K
New York, NY · On-site · Full-time · Posted Feb 24, 2025
- Education
- Engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or similar field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance.
About the job
Builds and maintains scalable backend services and APIs for Palantir’s defense products, supporting operational data and AI systems used in military workflows.
What you'll do
- Architect, develop, maintain, and optimize high-performance backend services and systems.
- Build APIs and data structures for large-scale, high-throughput workloads, and integrate with front-end and external systems.
- Collaborate across teams to improve user workflows, code quality, performance, and reliability.
What they ask for
- Experience designing and developing features and supporting and maintaining live backend systems.
- In-depth understanding of data structures, system architecture, API development for microservices frameworks, distributed systems, and backend best practices.
- Engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or a similar field.
- Strong coding skills in Java, C++, Python, Rust, or similar; strong communication and ability to iterate quickly.
Pay
$135,000 - $200,000/year (USD, base salary)
Tools
Java, Rust, Python, Go, Kafka, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Spark
AI focus
Develops and maintains backend services underpinning operational data and AI systems; the defense product includes programs driven by rich-ML models.
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