Senior Software Engineer - Observability

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible paid time off

401k plan enrollment

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Palantir is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their New York office to own the observability platform. The successful candidate will work on log ingestion, processing, and monitoring solutions, while collaborating with leadership to define technical strategies. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of software development experience, strong coding skills in Go or Java, and experience in leading engineering teams. Benefits include flexible paid time off, medical coverage, and 401k enrollment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of experience in system design or architecture.
• 1+ years as a mentor or tech lead.

Responsibilities

• Own the observability platform roadmap and delivery.
• Define a technical strategy aligned with team goals.
• Lead engineers and provide technical mentorship.

Skills

Software development

Systems design

Mentoring

Go

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - Observability

Own the observability platform roadmap and delivery to scale ingestion, monitoring, and alerting

Location: New York

Compensation: $135,000 - 200,000 USD / year

The Role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be directly responsible for Palantir's observability platform. This includes everything from log/metric/trace ingestion and processing, monitoring and alerting solutions, and all other workflows on top of the observability data. This role will have a direct impact on Palantir's ability to scale our engineering efforts through these investments. You have a deep systems background and value technical excellence, and consistently raise the bar for your team's technical execution. You know how to balance providing value to your users while building defensive systems that are operationally sound and easy to maintain.

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 teammates 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

• Experience designing, building and operating high-scale observability or infrastructure systems.
• 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 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.
• Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance.

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.
• 1+ years 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.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Salary

The estimated salary range for this position is $135,000 - $200,000/year. Total compensation may also include Restricted Stock Units, sign-on bonus and other incentives. Further note that total compensation is determined by each individual's qualifications, experience, skills, and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any potential sign-on bonus, benefits offered, and long-term incentives.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents.
• Basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance covering employees automatically.
• Commuter benefits.
• Relocation assistance.
• Flexible paid time off policy (not accrual-based). 2 weeks paid time off at year’s end (subject to team and business needs).
• 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Supportive leave of absence program, including time off for military service and medical events.
• Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care.
• Fertility and family building benefits (adoption, surrogacy, preservation).
• Stipend for expenses related to a new child.
• 401k plan enrollment.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer for all, including but not limited to Veterans and those with disabilities. Palantir is committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process, please contact us.