Palantir
Software Engineer - Mission Manager
$135K–$200K
New York, NY · Hybrid · Manager · Full-time · Posted Mar 27, 2025
- Experience
- 3+ years of professional software development; 1+ year contributing to system design or architecture; 1+ year as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
About the job
Build and scale Mission Manager, a secure Kubernetes-based platform, by developing APIs and controllers that provide an infrastructure-agnostic runtime for mission-critical software.
What you'll do
- Work with customer and forward-deployed engineers to identify product gaps and improvements.
- Build and evolve APIs that abstract Kubernetes complexity for developers’ runtime needs.
- Set a technical roadmap focused on scalability, reliability, risk reduction, and lower operational burden.
What they ask for
- At least 3 years of professional software development experience.
- At least 1 year contributing to system design or architecture, and at least 1 year mentoring, serving as a 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; active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain one.
Nice to have
- Deep familiarity with Kubernetes and its broader software ecosystem.
- Experience developing and managing highly available distributed systems.
Pay
$135,000 - $200,000/year (base salary)
Tools
Kubernetes, K8s, Go, Java
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