Software Engineer - Apollo Systems

A Software Engineer on the Apollo team will build and operate a large-scale distributed system to allow the remote operation and maintenance of Kubernetes clusters. The mission is to extract the entire state of a cluster into a portable, high-performance artifact within minutes, enabling full and almost instant cluster reconstruction from the ground up,all while pushing the limits of speed, reliability, and scale.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain highly available systems responsible for orchestration of software deployment across hundreds of production environments
• Develop performance-sensitive storage features and optimizations to store and serve Palantir products
• Engage and solve problems that customers need today with a tight feedback loop for what is important and what works
• Working directly with other teams to solve problems that cross the team boundary
• Debug complex issues and performance problems throughout the stack, including open source

Requirements:

• 4+ years of professional software development experience on core infrastructure with emphasis on operational excellence
• 2+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Benefits:

• Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance
• Employees are automatically covered by Palantir's basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Relocation assistance
• Take what you need paid time off, not accrual based
• 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)
• 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events
• Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents
• Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
• Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child

Experience Level: senior Employment Type: full-time Workplace Type: hybrid Category: Engineering Industry: Technology Salary Range: $145,000 - $200,000/year Salary Min: 145000 Salary Max: 200000 Salary Currency: USD Salary Period: year Required Skills:

• Systems programming experience with strong proficiency in golang, Java or equivalent
• Some familiarity with containers (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) at scale
• Experience working with hosted container registries such as Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), Google Artifact Registry, or Azure Container Registry (ACR)
• Familiarity with the OCI Distribution Spec and open source registry projects (e.g., distribution/distribution, Harbor)
• Experience designing, building, and operating high-scale observability or infrastructure systems
• Experience building high-quality software in a fast-paced CI/CD development environment
• High empathy for developer and operators workflows and productivity

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with AI tools (Claude Code/Codex/Copilot)
• Experience with container artifact store based on the OCI (Open Container Initiative) distribution spec