Senior Software Engineer, Substrate

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

Senior Software Engineer on Substrate designs and builds Palantir’s managed Kubernetes product offerings across on-prem, cloud, and edge environments. You’ll bootstrap and operate thousands of Kubernetes clusters with zero manual steps, push automation, contribute to CNCF components, and ensure scale, reliability, and security across diverse hosting infrastructures.

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Palantir Technologies
Palantir Technologies
1 year ago

Senior Software Engineer, Substrate

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Job Summary

Senior Software Engineer on Substrate designs and builds Palantir’s managed Kubernetes product offerings across on-prem, cloud, and edge environments. You’ll bootstrap and operate thousands of Kubernetes clusters with zero manual steps, push automation, contribute to CNCF components, and ensure scale, reliability, and security across diverse hosting infrastructures.
Location: Washington
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Deliver a container runtime to new environment types (on-prem, clouds, edge devices)
  • •Build automation and standards for operating Kubernetes at scale with minimal manual operations
  • •Drive innovation through adoption of CNCF tools and contribute to upstream components
  • •Design Palantir’s infrastructure evolution with deep understanding of internal systems and CNCF standards
  • •Operate and automate thousands of Kubernetes clusters ensuring scale, stability, and security across compliance regimes

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 135,000 - 200,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kRelocationEquityPaid HolidaysMilitary LeaveFamily BuildingBack-up Care401k Plan

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
  • •Strong proficiency in systems programming with Go, C, or C++
  • •Experience with infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet) and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
Experience:4+ yearsInfrastructureKubernetesSRESystems programming
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingTeamwork
Tech Stack:GoCC++TerraformAnsibleKubernetesDockerAWSAzureGCE

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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Glassdoor: 3.9
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