Description
Are you excited about building world-class platforms that power mission-critical software at a huge scale? As a Software Engineer on the Apollo platform, you will build software at scale to transform how organisations around the world deploy software. You will be responsible for mission-critical software powering deployment of software for both Palantir and its customers in the commercial and government space.
You have a curious mind, high bar for engineering quality, and ability to work in a dynamic environment where the best idea wins. Apollo Software Engineers are involved throughout the product lifecycle. From idea generation, to design and prototyping, to execution, and shipping. As a Software Engineer, you'll collaborate closely with technical and non-technical counterparts to understand our customers' problems and build products that solve them.
Core Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain highly available systems responsible for orchestration of software deployment across hundreds of production environments
- 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
What We Value:
- Some familiarity with containers (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
- Experience developing and managing highly-available distributed systems
- Demonstrated success building systems that meet requirements around monitoring, stability, and scalability
- Experience building high-quality software in a fast-paced CI/CD development environment
- High empathy for developer and operators workflows and productivity
What We Require:
- Experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Physics or similar field
- Strong software developer with demonstrated proficiency in programming languages, such as Java, Golang, C++, or equivalent
- Demonstrated ability to learn and work independently and make good decisions with minimal direction
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Great problem-solving skills with ability to evolve complex systems