Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer · Palantir

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:51:10 GMT
Engineering

Palantir · Palo Alto · $135,000 - $200,000/year · onsite

We're looking for Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineers who can help us build, operate, and maintain high-performance, scalable, and reliable services for Palantir platforms, products, and deployments. As a Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer, every day is different! You will be developing software and providing high-quality support for software systems that are critical to solving our government's greatest challenges.

Your responsibilities will include:

Handling support and operations of Palantir software, including monitoring and alerting, configuration management, and upgrades

Deploying new Palantir products at customer deployments and performing migrations to the latest infrastructure types

Debugging, improving, and optimizing Palantir's services and infrastructure with a focus on long-term reliability and scalability

Reducing manual operations and automating workflows, processes, and/or runbooks where possible

Providing technical troubleshooting support for production issues, ensuring timely resolution and minimal impact on operations

We value:

Confidence in troubleshooting complex systems issues independently using observability tools and service logs

Ability to identify and automate highly manual tasks, driving ongoing improvements within and across teams

Comfort with large-scale production systems and technologies, such as load balancing, monitoring, distributed systems, or configuration management

Proficiency with programming languages such as Java, Python, Bash, JavaScript, Go, or similar languages

Ability to work with a high level of autonomy and responsibility in a rapidly changing environment with dynamic objectives and iteration with users

We require:

A strong engineering background, preferably in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science

Strong coding skills with shown proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages

An active US Security Clearance at or above the Top Secret level

Additional Information: The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $135,000 - $200,000/year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus, and other potential future incentives.