Backend Engineer for Scalable Distributed Data Systems

Palantir Technologies; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Disability accommodations

Job summary

Palantir Technologies is hiring Backend Software Engineers to build large-scale data platforms used by public and private institutions. You will contribute across the product lifecycle, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and work on infrastructure powering Palantir Foundry and Gotham.

We value engineers who design robust APIs, build scalable systems, and show a bias for quality. Hybrid work options are available, with on-site offices and occasional remote opportunities based on business

Qualifications

• Engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics or similar field.
• Strong coding skills in Java, C++, Python, Rust, or similar languages.
• Familiarity with storage and data processing systems, cloud infrastructure, and other technical tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to iterate quickly with teammates.

Responsibilities

• Building a performant search and indexing ecosystem for complex granularly permissioned data
• Contributing to open-source data processing libraries, integrating the latest innovations to achieve performance gains
• Building the distributed systems that power large scale compute workloads, orchestrating and efficiently scheduling hundreds of thousands of containers every hour
• Designing architecture and opinionated APIs to keep application developers on the happy path
• Tracing and performance observability in high scale distributed microservice architectures
• Building reliable, performant, and scalable systems for storage, auth, or asset serving to enable other product teams to build robust applications without deep domain expertise in the underlying systems
• Automating the deployment, management, and operations of complex distributed systems like Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and more across different environments

Skills

Java

C++

Python

Rust

Education

Engineering background in CS or related field

Tools

Cassandra

Elasticsearch

Spark

Kafka

Kubernetes

Flink

Gradle

GitHub

Job description

Palantir Technologies is hiring Backend Software Engineers to build large-scale data platforms used by public and private institutions. You will contribute across the product lifecycle, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and work on infrastructure powering Palantir Foundry and Gotham.

We value engineers who design robust APIs, build scalable systems, and show a bias for quality. Hybrid work options are available, with on-site offices and occasional remote opportunities based on business