Core Responsibilities

• Partner with our extended leadership team to set and define a technical strategy for your team aligned with the wider team strategy.
• Build and champion a long-term tech roadmap to reduce operational burden, ensure scalability, reduce risk, and guide your team towards step-changes whenever possible.
• Be technically involved and engage in substantive discussion when reviewing technical roadmaps and project implementation with the team.
• Work closely with your team and stakeholders to enable sustainable and timely delivery of technical solutions to address business needs.
• Facilitate partnerships between engineering teams and operators to build innovative products that help Palantir scale.
• Act as a multiplier for other engineers on the team. Define where the technical bar should be, and help engineers achieve it. Lead engineers and accelerate their growth by providing thoughtful feedback, technical mentorship, and effectively manage performance.
• Foster a non-hierarchical exchange of ideas; valuing the idea rather than the individual who communicates it.

What We Value

• Clear and concise verbal and written communications.
• Experience leading complex, cross-team engineering efforts, including analysis of requirements and scoping, and knowing what it takes to deliver high-quality software.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced product development team, with peers and teammates across multiple locations and timezones.
• Willingness and enthusiasm to do what it takes to get things done, leading by example and getting involved with the team’s day-to-day work.
• A focus on impact and an ability to articulate the value your work provides.

What We Require

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• 2+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
• 2+ years of experience as a mentor, tech lead OR leading an engineering team
• Strong coding skills in Java, Go, or equivalent
• Experience with databases and distributed systems at scale
• Experience building and operating web services
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent




Our benefits aim to promote health and wellbeing across all areas of Palantirians’ lives. We work to continuously improve our offerings and listen to our community as we design and update them. The list below details our available benefits and some of the perks that can be enjoyed as an employee of Palantir Technologies.

Benefits

• Employees (and their families) are eligible to enroll in: medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability coverage
• Paid leave for new parents and emergency back-up care for all parents
• Family planning support, including fertility, adoption, and surrogacy assistance
• Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
• Commuter benefits
• Relocation assistance
• Unlimited paid time off
• 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year
• 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• Generous unlimited sick leave policy
• Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan