Senior Software Engineer, Substrate

Palantir Technologies
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 4+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Problem-solving","Communication","Collaboration","Attention to detail","System thinking"]

Senior Software Engineer on Palantir’s Substrate team responsible for core production infrastructure across on-prem and cloud environments. You will design, build, and operate Kubernetes-based product offerings across diverse environments, automate K8s operations, contribute to CNCF components, and ensure scale, security, and reliability through robust tooling and self-healing systems.

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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 Palantir’s Substrate team responsible for core production infrastructure across on-prem and cloud environments. You will design, build, and operate Kubernetes-based product offerings across diverse environments, automate K8s operations, contribute to CNCF components, and ensure scale, security, and reliability through robust tooling and self-healing systems.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Deliver a container runtime to challenging new environment types - new clouds, on premise, edge devices
  • •Build automation and establish standards for operating K8s securely at scale with zero manual ops overhead
  • •Drive innovation through adoption of novel K8s features and CNCF tools, making upstream contributions as needed
  • •Design the next generation of Palantir’s infrastructure through a deep understanding of internal systems and CNCF standards
  • •Operate at scale by bootstrapping and managing the fleet of K8s clusters with robust tooling and self-healing systems

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
Experience:4+ yearsInfrastructureCloudSRE
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Problem-solvingCommunicationCollaborationAttention to detailSystem thinking
Tech Stack:GolangC/C++TerraformAnsiblePuppetKubernetesDockerAWSAzureGCECNIsNetworkingLinux

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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