Senior Software Engineer - Palantir

Cognizant; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology company seeks a Senior Software Engineer with strong data engineering expertise. The position involves developing scalable solutions using Palantir Foundry, alongside AWS for data management. The ideal candidate thrives in complex data environments and has extensive experience in cloud computing and software development practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Software Engineering focused on data engineering.
• Proven experience with Palantir Foundry and AWS.
• Strong programming skills, particularly in Python.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Palantir Foundry code bases.
• Collaborate with teams for software support.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code using Terraform.

Skills

Problem-solving

Software Development

Cloud Computing

Data Engineering

Agile Methodology

Tools

Palantir Foundry

AWS

Terraform

Git

Job description

Remote

Who We Are

Cross River is a highly profitable, fast-growing financial technology company powering the future of financial services. Our comprehensive suite of innovative and scalable embedded payments, cards, and lending products deliver financial services for millions of businesses and consumers around the globe. Cross River is backed by leading investors and serves the world’s most essential fintech and technology companies. Together with its partners, Cross River is reshaping global finance and financial inclusion.

We are on a mission to build the infrastructure that propels access, inclusion, and the democratization of financial services. While our company has tripled in size over the last three years, our strong sense of purpose led Cross River to be named to American Banker’s list of Best Places to Work in Fintech for the last 6 years. The reason for this success is simple – our nimble and collaborative family culture lives in every member of our growing team. Together we are at the forefront of technology and innovation, and we invite passionate, collaborative, and motivated high performers to join our expanding team.

What We're Looking For

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be a key player in designing and building scalable data solutions using Palantir Foundry, and interacting with our AWS-based data lake. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop, deploy, and maintain software that supports both batch and real-time decisioning and analytics in the Fraud and AML space within a growing financial institution. If you thrive in complex data environments and have a passion for strong software development practices and cloud computing, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain Palantir Foundry code bases for both batch and analytical processing
• Advise on and participate in the governance and maintenance of a suite of Palantir-based ontologies and workflows
• Interact with the Cross River data lake using AWS services and technologies including Lake Formation, Glue, Iceberg, Hive, ECS, and Managed Airflow
• Work with Python to develop both in Palantir and in data pipelines feeding data into the lake
• Implement or advise on infrastructure-as-code using Terraform
• Collaborate with teams made up of Palantir personnel, Cloud Infrastructure Engineers, Data Engineers, and various business personnel to ensure business, security, and operational needs are met
• Manage code and versioning effectively using code and data branching in Palantir, backed by Git
• Participate in architectural discussions on workflow designs
• Ensure best practices around development and documentation

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering, with a strong focus in the data engineering space
• Proven experience with Palantir Foundry, Ontologies, applications, and workflows
• Strong background working in AWS cloud environments (Lake Formation, Glue, ECR, ECS, EMR, IAM, S3, Cloud Watch, and others)
• Experience using Git for version control and review processes
• Strong programming skills, with Python preferred
• Experience with Terraform for IaC
• Very strong problem-solving skills and an enthusiasm around delivering working, performant, and operationally-stable solutions

Preferred Skills:

• Big Data skills centered around Spark
• Familiarity with table partitioning best practices
• Experience working with containers as part of your DevX
• Agile experience in either a Scrum or Kanban setting

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Salary Range: $150,000.00 - $180,000.00

Cross River is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cross River does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

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