Description
We're looking for Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineers who can help us build, operate, and maintain high-performance, scalable, and reliable services for Palantir platforms, products, and deployments. As a Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer, every day is different! You will be developing software and providing high-quality support for software systems that are critical to solving our government's greatest challenges.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Handling support and operations of Palantir software, including monitoring and alerting, configuration management, and upgrades
- Deploying new Palantir products at customer deployments and performing migrations to the latest infrastructure types
- Debugging, improving, and optimizing Palantir's services and infrastructure with a focus on long-term reliability and scalability
- Reducing manual operations and automating workflows, processes, and/or runbooks where possible
- Providing technical troubleshooting support for production issues, ensuring timely resolution and minimal impact on operations
We value:
- Confidence in troubleshooting complex systems issues independently using observability tools and service logs
- Ability to identify and automate highly manual tasks, driving ongoing improvements within and across teams
- Comfort with large-scale production systems and technologies, such as load balancing, monitoring, distributed systems, or configuration management
- Proficiency with programming languages such as Java, Python, Bash, JavaScript, Go, or similar languages
- Ability to work with a high level of autonomy and responsibility in a rapidly changing environment with dynamic objectives and iteration with users
We require:
- A strong engineering background, preferably in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science
- Strong coding skills with shown proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages
- An active US Security Clearance at or above the Top Secret level
Additional Information: The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $135,000 - $200,000/year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus, and other potential future incentives.