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      <Title>Backend Software Engineer - Infrastructure, Foundations</Title>
      <Description><![CDATA[<p>A Backend Software Engineer at Palantir builds software at scale to transform how organisations use data. Collaborate closely with technical and non-technical teammates to understand customer problems and build products that solve them. Contribute high-quality code to underpin Palantir Foundry and Gotham with performant, secure, and scalable building blocks.</p>
<p><strong>Core Responsibilities</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Building a performant search and indexing ecosystem for complex granularly permissioned data</li>
<li>Contributing to open-source data processing libraries, integrating the latest innovations to achieve performance gains</li>
<li>Building the distributed systems that power large scale compute workloads, orchestrating and efficiently scheduling hundreds of thousands of containers every hour</li>
<li>Designing architecture and opinionated APIs to keep application developers on the happy path</li>
<li>Tracing and performance observability in high scale distributed microservice architectures</li>
<li>Building reliant, performant, and scalable systems for storage, auth, or asset serving to enable other product teams to build robust applications without deep domain expertise in the underlying systems</li>
<li>Automating the deployment, management, and operations of complex distributed systems like Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and more across different environments</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Technologies We Use</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Different backend languages, including Java, Rust, and Go</li>
<li>Open-source technologies like Cassandra, ElasticSearch, Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes, Flink</li>
<li>Industry-standard build tooling, including Gradle and GitHub</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>What We Value</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Demonstrated ability to collaborate and empathize with a variety of individuals</li>
<li>Ability to learn new technology and concepts, even without in-depth experience</li>
<li>Bias towards quality and thoughtful about edge cases</li>
<li>Builds solutions and APIs with users in mind while maintaining a high engineering bar</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>What We Require</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics or similar field</li>
<li>Strong coding skills with demonstrated proficiency in programming languages, such as Java, C++, Python, Rust, or similar languages</li>
<li>Familiarity with storage and data processing systems, cloud infrastructure, and other technical tools</li>
<li>Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to iterate quickly with teammates, incorporating feedback and holding a high bar for quality</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Additional Information</strong></p>
<p>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.</p>
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      <Jobtype>full-time</Jobtype>
      <Experiencelevel>mid</Experiencelevel>
      <Workarrangement>hybrid</Workarrangement>
      <Salaryrange>$135,000 - $200,000/year</Salaryrange>
      <Skills>Java, Rust, Go, Cassandra, ElasticSearch, Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes, Flink, Gradle, GitHub</Skills>
      <Category>Engineering</Category>
      <Industry>Technology</Industry>
      <Employername>Palantir</Employername>
      <Employerlogo>https://logos.yubhub.co/palantir.com.png</Employerlogo>
      <Employerdescription>Palantir builds software for data-driven decisions and operations, empowering partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, and more.</Employerdescription>
      <Employerwebsite>https://www.palantir.com/</Employerwebsite>
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      <Applyto>https://jobs.lever.co/palantir/fb2d3222-dbd8-4e03-8d39-47b820e9509c?utm_source=yubhub.co&amp;utm_medium=jobs_feed&amp;utm_campaign=apply</Applyto>
      <Location>New York</Location>
      <Country></Country>
      <Postedate>2026-04-25</Postedate>
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