Senior Software Engineer · Palantir

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:56:55 GMT
Engineering

Palantir · Palo Alto · $145,000 - $200,000/year · onsite

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Substrate team, you will design and build Palantir's managed Kubernetes product offerings across various environments. Your responsibilities will include delivering a container runtime to new environment types, building automation and establishing standards for operating Kubernetes securely at scale, driving innovation through adoption of novel Kubernetes features and CNCF tools, and designing the next generation of Palantir's infrastructure.

You will work with a team that emphasizes engineering rigor and operational excellence at scale. This means issues in production should be pre-empted and deeply root-caused, and investments in automation and self-healing systems are key.

To succeed in this role, you will need strong proficiency in systems programming with languages such as golang, C/C++, or equivalent. You will also need working knowledge or hands-on experience of infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or Kubernetes operators, and competent coding in Go, Java, or equivalent for the purposes of automation or scripting.

Additionally, you will need deep familiarity with hardware and OS configurations, diagnostic tooling, networking nuts and bolts, containers (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes) at scale. Experience working with a cloud provider (AWS/Azure/GCE), or sysadmin/SRE experience in data centers, is also desirable.

The estimated salary range for this position is $145,000 - $200,000/year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus, and other potential future incentives.

Our benefits aim to promote health and wellbeing across all areas of Palantirians' lives. We work to continuously improve our offerings and listen to our community as we design and update them. The list below details our available benefits and some of the perks that can be enjoyed as an employee of Palantir Technologies.

Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance

Employees are automatically covered by Palantir's basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance

Commuter benefits

Relocation assistance

Take what you need paid time off, not accrual based

2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)

10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year

Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events

Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents

Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation

Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child

Employees can enroll in Palantir's 401k plan

Life at Palantir We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that's why we celebrate individuals' strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your long-term growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians' lives is just one of the ways we're investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.

In keeping consistent with Palantir's values and culture, we believe employees are 'better together' and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore, we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week), allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity. Based on business need, there are a few roles that allow for 'Remote' work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the state in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.