Software Engineer - Mission Manager
Palantir· Dev
Hybrid (Washington, D.C.)$135k - $200kFull-timePosted 11mo ago
About the role
Palantir’s Mission Manager is a PaaS for enabling US Government customers and vendors to run software securely and compliantly in sensitive environments, leveraging Kubernetes-based infrastructure and Palantir’s Apollo platform. This role focuses on building robust APIs and Kubernetes-based solutions to onboard and deploy applications across secure runtimes, with a strategic impact on mission-critical systems.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with forward deployed and customer engineers to understand product gaps and identify short- and long-term product improvements and fixes
- Engage with and internalize Palantir’s infrastructure strategy and the needs of our customer stakeholders
- Deeply understand and leverage K8s primitives, the broader OSS ecosystem around K8s, and service lifecycle semantics to solve scalable, critical problems
- Build and evolve the APIs through which in-house and customer software developers interact with K8s to satisfy runtime needs, abstracting complex distributed systems
- Work closely with your team and stakeholders to enable sustainable and timely delivery of technical solutions
- Champion a long-term tech roadmap to reduce operational burden, ensure scalability, reduce risk, and strive for step-changes
Qualifications
- 3+ years of professional software development experience
- 1+ years of experience contributing to system design or architecture
- 1+ years of experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Strong coding skills in Go, Java, or equivalent
- Experience designing, building, and operating high-scale observability or infrastructure systems
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Skills
Required:GoJavaKubernetes
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents
- Basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Relocation assistance
- Paid time off (2 weeks accrued end of year)
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Leave of absence program including military service and medical events
- Paid parental leave and subsidized back-up care
- Fertility and family-building benefits including adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
- Child-related expense stipend
- 401k plan enrollment
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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