Palantir
Software Engineer – Query Engines
$135K–$200K
New York, NY · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
About the job
Build and improve query engines and data-processing infrastructure for Palantir Foundry, from query planning and execution through storage integrations.
What you'll do
- Design query planning and optimization capabilities and extend execution engines, operators, and performance.
- Develop Foundry’s Iceberg catalog and engine integrations, including metadata, transactions, reads, and writes.
- Investigate correctness and performance issues, integrate open-source advances, and build tests and benchmarks.
What they ask for
- Experience diagnosing correctness and performance problems in complex systems.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams and incorporate feedback.
- Depth in query planning, execution, or performance optimization within database engines, distributed data processing, storage systems, or comparable infrastructure.
Nice to have
- Experience building or extending systems such as Spark, DataFusion, Iceberg, or comparable technologies.
- Experience contributing to open-source projects.
Pay
$135,000 - $200,000/year USD (base salary)
Tools
Java, Scala, Rust, Python, Apache Spark, Apache DataFusion, Apache Iceberg, Apache Parquet
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