Palantir
Software Engineer - Apollo Systems
$145K–$200K
Seattle, WA · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Nov 10, 2025
- Experience
- 4+ years of professional software development experience on core infrastructure; 2+ years contributing to system design or architecture.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
About the job
Build and operate Apollo’s distributed infrastructure for deploying software and remotely backing up, restoring, and managing Kubernetes clusters across diverse environments.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain highly available software deployment orchestration across production environments.
- Develop performance-sensitive storage features and optimizations for storing and serving Palantir products.
- Debug complex system and performance issues and work with customers and other teams to resolve problems.
What they ask for
- 4+ years of professional software development on core infrastructure, emphasizing operational excellence.
- 2+ years contributing to the design or architecture of new and existing systems, including reliability and scaling.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
- Systems programming proficiency in golang, Java or equivalent.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with containers (Docker), Kubernetes, and container registries or the OCI Distribution Spec.
- Experience designing, building, and operating high-scale observability or infrastructure systems.
Pay
$145,000 - $200,000/year USD (base salary)
Tools
golang, Java, Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), Google Artifact Registry, Azure Container Registry (ACR), OCI Distribution Spec
AI focus
AI tools (Claude Code/Codex/Copilot) are highly encouraged; no AI product development work is specified.
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