Software Engineer - Apollo Systems · Palantir

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:53:04 GMT
Engineering

Palantir · New York · $145,000 - $200,000/year · hybrid

A Software Engineer on the Apollo team will build and operate a large-scale distributed system to allow the remote operation and maintenance of Kubernetes clusters. The mission is to extract the entire state of a cluster into a portable, high-performance artifact within minutes, enabling full and almost instant cluster reconstruction from the ground up,all while pushing the limits of speed, reliability, and scale.

As a Software Engineer on the Apollo team, you'll own the full development lifecycle,from idea generation and design, through implementation, to operation and support,while collaborating closely with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to deliver robust, impactful infrastructure.

The usage of AI tools (Claude Code/Codex/Copilot) is highly encouraged!

Core Responsibilities

Build and maintain highly available systems responsible for orchestration of software deployment across hundreds of production environments

Develop performance sensitive storage features and optimizations to store and serve Palantir products

Engage and solve problems that customers need today with a tight feedback loop for what is important and what works

Working directly with other teams to solve problems that cross the team boundary

Debug complex issues and performance problems throughout the stack, including open source

What We Value

Systems programming experience with strong proficiency in golang, Java or equivalent

Some familiarity with containers (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) at scale

Experience working with hosted container registries such as Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), Google Artifact Registry, or Azure Container Registry (ACR) is highly desirable

Familiarity with the OCI Distribution Spec and open source registry projects (e.g., distribution/distribution,Harbor)

Experience designing, building, and operating high-scale observability or infrastructure systems

Experience building high-quality software in a fast-paced CI/CD development environment

High empathy for developer and operators workflows and productivity

What We Require

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