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Palantir

Senior Software Engineer - Observability

$135K–$200K

New York, NY · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 17, 2022

Experience
5+ years professional software development; 2+ years system design or architecture; 1+ years mentoring, tech leading, or leading an engineering team.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

About the job

Own and scale Palantir’s observability platform, from telemetry ingestion and processing to monitoring, alerting, and related workflows.

What you'll do

  • Set technical strategy and build a long-term roadmap for scalability, reliability, and reduced operational burden.
  • Lead technical design and delivery of cross-team solutions, partnering with engineers, operators, and stakeholders.
  • Mentor and develop engineers, set technical standards, and provide feedback.

What they ask for

  • 5+ years of professional software development experience.
  • 2+ years contributing to system design or architecture of new and existing systems.
  • 1+ years as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.
  • Strong coding skills in Go, Java, or equivalent; experience operating high-scale observability or infrastructure systems; bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Nice to have

  • Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain one.
  • Experience leading complex, cross-team engineering efforts.

Pay

$135,000 - $200,000/year USD (base salary)

Tools

Go, Java

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