Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Palantir Technologies

New York (NY)

Hybrid

USD 180,000 - 260,000

Full time

12 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Full-time employment
Hybrid working
Employee benefits
Senior engineering responsibility
Professional development
Large-scale systems experience
Technical ownership

Job summary

Palantir Technologies is seeking a senior backend engineer in New York to design scalable backend architecture and production APIs for large-scale enterprise software.

You will mentor engineers, review designs, and improve system reliability while leading technical ownership of major features in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

  • Senior backend engineering experience is required.
  • Strong programming fundamentals are essential.
  • Knowledge of distributed systems is required.
  • Experience with API architecture and databases is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Design backend architecture and interfaces.
  • Develop scalable backend services and production APIs.
  • Build reliable, observable, and scalable systems.
  • Improve system reliability and performance.

Skills

Senior backend experience
Programming fundamentals
Distributed systems
API architecture
Database experience
System design
Technical leadership
Excellent communication

Job description

Build scalable backend application services and technical foundations for large-scale enterprise software products.

About Palantir Technologies

Palantir develops enterprise software platforms supporting complex operational and data workflows.

What you'll do
  • Design backend architecture
  • Develop scalable services
  • Build production APIs
  • Improve system reliability
  • Optimize backend performance
  • Review technical designs
  • Mentor engineers
  • Troubleshoot production systems
What we're looking for
  • Senior backend engineering experience
  • Strong programming fundamentals
  • Distributed systems knowledge
  • API architecture experience
  • Database experience
  • Strong system design ability
  • Technical leadership
  • Excellent communication
Benefits
  • Full-time employment
  • Hybrid working
  • Employee benefits
  • Senior engineering responsibility
  • Professional development
  • Large-scale systems experience
  • Technical ownership
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