Software Engineer Environment Platform

Palantir Technologies; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data-driven technology firm in Greater London seeks a Software Developer to enhance innovative infrastructure solutions. The ideal candidate should have strong software development skills, particularly in Go and Java, with experience in distributed systems and API design. This role emphasizes teamwork and requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. The company promotes a collaborative environment, offering a balance between in-office and remote work options.

Benefits

Flexible work options

Emphasis on health and well-being

Opportunities for personal growth

Qualifications

• 3 years of professional software development experience.
• 1 year of experience contributing to system design or architecture.
• 1 year of experience as a mentor or tech lead.
• Strong coding skills in Go or Java.
• Experience designing high-scale observability or infrastructure systems.

Responsibilities

• Engage with and internalise strategic infrastructure needs.
• Leverage K8s primitives and OSS ecosystem to solve problems.
• Build and evolve APIs for software developers interacting with K8s.
• Work with teams to deliver technical solutions.
• Champion a long-term tech roadmap.

Skills

Clear and concise verbal and written communications

Ability to articulate the value your work provides

Experience developing and managing highly-available distributed systems

Passion for designing thoughtful and robust APIs

Deep familiarity with K8s and the broader ecosystem

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Go

Java

Job description

A World-Changing Company

Palantir builds the worlds leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs forecast supply chain disruptions locate missing children and more.

The Role

Core Responsibilities

• Engage with and internalise Palantirs infrastructure strategy and the needs of your teams customer base.
• Deeply understand and leverage K8s primitives the broader OSS ecosystem around K8s and highly technical service lifecycle semantics to solve business critical problems at scale.
• Build and evolve the APIs through which in-house as well as third-party software developers interact with K8s to satisfy their runtime needs cleanly abstracting away the complex distributed systems powering them.
• Work closely with your team and stakeholders to enable sustainable and timely delivery of technical solutions to address business needs.
• Champion a long-term tech roadmap to reduce operational burden ensure scalability reduce risk and strive for step-changes whenever possible.

What We Value

• Clear and concise verbal and written communications.
• A focus on impact and an ability to articulate the value your work provides.
• Experience developing and managing highly-available distributed systems.
• Passion for designing thoughtful and robust APIs.
• Deep familiarity with K8s and the broader ecosystem of software around K8s.

What We Require

• 3 years of professional software development experience.
• 1 years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• 1years of experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• Strong coding skills in Go Java or equivalent.
• Experience designing building and operating high-scale observability or infrastructure systems.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Life at Palantir

We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes thats why we celebrate individuals strengths skills and interests from your first interview to your longterm growth rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians lives is just one of the ways were investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.

In keeping consistent with Palantirs values and culture we believe employees are better together and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week) allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity. Based on business need there are a few roles that allow for Remote work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles you must work from the city and or country in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite you are required to work from an office.

If you want to empower the worlds most important institutions you belong here. Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process please reach out and let us know how we can help.