Senior Software Engineer, Substrate

Palantir Technologies
New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 135,000 - 200,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 4+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Teamwork"]

Senior Software Engineer on Substrate, Palantir’s core production infrastructure team, designing and building managed Kubernetes product offerings across on-prem and cloud environments. You’ll bootstrap and operate hundreds of Kubernetes clusters with zero manual steps, drive automation, and contribute to CNCF components, all while ensuring scale, stability, and security across diverse hosting infrastructures.

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Palantir Technologies
Palantir Technologies
2 years ago

Senior Software Engineer, Substrate

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Job Summary

Senior Software Engineer on Substrate, Palantir’s core production infrastructure team, designing and building managed Kubernetes product offerings across on-prem and cloud environments. You’ll bootstrap and operate hundreds of Kubernetes clusters with zero manual steps, drive automation, and contribute to CNCF components, all while ensuring scale, stability, and security across diverse hosting infrastructures.
Location: New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Deliver a container runtime to new environment types including on-prem, edge, and clouds
  • •Build automation and establish standards for operating Kubernetes at scale with zero manual ops overhead
  • •Drive innovation through adoption of novel Kubernetes features and CNCF tools, contributing to upstream components as needed
  • •Design the next generation of Palantir’s infrastructure through deep understanding of internal systems and CNCF standards
  • •Collaborate with across teams to ensure scale, reliability, and security in diverse hosting environments

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 135,000 - 200,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife InsuranceAd&dDisability InsuranceCommuter BenefitsRelocationPaid LeavePaid HolidaysParental Leave401k

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years of professional software development experience on core infrastructure with emphasis on operational excellence
  • •2+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
  • •Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
  • •Proficiency in systems programming with Go, C, or C++ (Go/C/C++) for infrastructure
  • •Experience with Kubernetes, containers, and cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCE) and infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet)
Experience:4+ yearsInfrastructureKubernetesCloudDevOps
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingTeamwork
Tech Stack:GoC++TerraformAnsiblePuppetKubernetesDockerAWSAzureGCECNIs

Company Brief

Palantir Technologies
Builds enterprise-scale data integration and analytics platforms (including Gotham and Foundry) that help government agencies and commercial organizations integrate, analyze, and operationalize large-scale data for intelligence, defense, healthcare, finance, and industrial use cases.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Denver, United States
Founded: 2003
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