Production Engineer - Database Operations
About the job
- Have an engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or a similar field.
- Have experience writing code in a variety of programming languages such as Java, Python, and Go, through a past role or personal projects.
- Have experience with cloud and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, GCP, Azure, and OpenShift.
- Have experience with database technologies such as Cassandra, Elasticsearch, and Kafka.
- Have a solid foundation in Linux and how distributed web services work.
- Be familiar with observability tools such as Grafana and Prometheus.
- Have strong written and verbal communication and the ability to iterate quickly with teammates and incorporate feedback.
- Build software that automates routine work involved in deploying and running production databases.
- Participate in regular on-call rotations.
- Troubleshoot, diagnose, and remediate stability and reliability issues in production database systems.
- Participate in post-incident reviews and take ownership of follow-up actions.
- Identify patterns across incidents, support tickets, and alerts, and translate those observations into proposals for systemic improvements to the database fleet.
- Manage and execute large-scale migrations of the database fleet.
- Partner with customer-facing teams during incidents and when setting up new database installations.
- Work with database engineering and infrastructure teams to build resilient and highly available database systems.
- Invest in documentation, metrics, monitors, and other troubleshooting tools.
- Maintain engineering and operational standards through code reviews, design reviews, and feedback on operating procedures.
- Build expertise in production systems, including Kubernetes, cloud environments, Cassandra, and Elasticsearch, and share that knowledge with the team.
About the company
Palantir builds software that connects an organization's data with decisions and everyday operations. Its Foundry platform gives businesses a shared view of data, while Gotham supports government and defense teams working with sensitive information. AIP adds language models to these workflows with controls over data access and the actions models perform. Customers pay for software subscriptions and implementation support under contracts that often cover multiple years, using cloud or on-premises deployments for tasks such as managing supply chains and planning missions. Founded in 2003 by Peter Thiel and other cofounders, Palantir is headquartered in Aventura, Florida.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Aventura, Florida
Founded
2003
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What believers are saying
- Software sales are accelerating: Palantir reported $1.94 billion revenue for the June 2026 quarter, up 93% yearly.
- Parents get practical support: Palantir supplements parental leave with a new-parent stipend and leave for caring for loved ones.
- Liquidity supports investment: Palantir held $9.2 billion in cash, equivalents and short-term US Treasury securities in June 2026.
What critics are saying
- Government budgets shape demand: 52% of Palantir's revenue came from government customers in the first half of 2026.
- Customer deployments require travel: Palantir's London forward-deployed engineering role expects 25-50% travel, depending on team and location.
- Equity pay weighs on profit: Palantir recorded $265 million in stock compensation during the June 2026 quarter.
What makes Palantir unique
- Data models drive actions: Palantir's Ontology connects business objects with controlled updates to customers' existing operational systems.
- Disconnected networks remain deployable: Palantir Apollo manages software releases across public clouds, on-premises installations and air-gapped environments.
- Engineers work inside customer problems: Palantir sends technical teams into the field to adapt software and improve operational workflows.
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0%Palantir Technologies shares fell 0.59% to $207.76 on October 13, even as Baird raised its price target on the AI-software provider to $250 from $200, a 25% increase. The company's second-quarter revenue was $1.935 billion, with GAAP operating income of $912 million, a margin of about 47.1%. Stock-based compensation reached $265.2 million, about 13.7% of revenue. Palantir expects third-quarter revenue of $2.160 billion to $2.164 billion. The shares trade 11.57% above the $186.21 GF Value estimate. Investors are paying a premium for future growth, and stock compensation makes dilution worth watching.
Palantir Technologies raised its fiscal 2026 revenue guidance to between $8.15 billion and $8.158 billion on August 3, up from $7.66 billion. Management called it the largest full-year revenue guidance raise in the company's history. US revenue grew 115% year on year in the second quarter. The company also lifted its US commercial revenue guide to more than $3.424 billion from $3.22 billion, and raised adjusted free cash flow guidance. No line was lowered. The shares closed at $209.00 on October 12, above both their 50-day average of $178.70 and 200-day average of $152.41. The stock trades at 166.3 times earnings, against 21.9 for the S&P 500. The guide implies about $4.6 billion of revenue in the last two quarters. Third-quarter guidance is $2.16 billion to $2.164 billion.
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) shares slipped about 1.1% to $206.90 at 12:20 EST, even as analysts set higher targets. Barclays initiated coverage with an Overweight rating and a $265 target, implying roughly 28% upside. Goldman's $230 target implies a gain of about 11%. US demand drives the interest. Second-quarter US commercial revenue reached $764 million and US government revenue totalled $809 million, together about 81.3% of roughly $1.935 billion in total revenue. Shares trade 11.28% above GuruFocus's $185.92 GF Value estimate. The test now is whether deployments produce recurring revenue without engineering costs rising as fast.
Ondas, a counter-drone technology company, has partnered with Palantir Technologies to launch Regna AI, a standalone private company serving defence customers. Regna AI will build specialised AI models for missions involving drones, surveillance balloons, ground vehicles, and unmanned vessels. Its platform will support intelligence gathering, threat assessment, and mission planning, with human operators approving decisions. The company will focus on sovereign AI, letting governments control their models, sensitive data, and computing infrastructure. It plans to start with military surveillance before expanding into security, critical infrastructure, and industrial operations. The launch follows Ondas' recent defence orders, including a $56 million contract for a European military drone program. Its new orders since June 30 total more than $270 million.
Simply Wall St has picked three stocks from its quality screener, which surfaced 25 businesses with strong balance sheets and profitability: NVIDIA, Applied Materials, and Palantir Technologies. The screen follows Big Tech's plan to spend about $700 billion on AI this year. NVIDIA, valued near $5.5 trillion, earns about $275.4 billion from Compute & Networking and $27.6 billion from Graphics. Applied Materials, worth about $402.4 billion, makes $22.4 billion from Semiconductor Systems and $7.2 billion from services. Palantir, valued near $502.4 billion, draws about $3.2 billion from government clients and $2.9 billion from commercial customers. It has no debt and large cash reserves.