Senior Software Engineer - Observability
Palantir· Dev
Hybrid (New York, NY)$135k - $200k + equityFull-timePosted 8mo ago
About the role
Senior Software Engineer responsible for Palantir’s observability platform, including log/metric/trace ingestion and processing, monitoring and alerting solutions, and all workflows on top of observability data.
Responsibilities
- Partner with our extended leadership team to set and define a technical strategy for your team aligned with the wider team strategy.
- Build and champion a long-term tech roadmap to reduce operational burden, ensure scalability, reduce risk, and guide your team towards step-changes whenever possible.
- Be technically involved and engage in substantive discussion when reviewing technical roadmaps and project implementation with the team.
- Work closely with teammates and stakeholders to enable sustainable and timely delivery of technical solutions to address business needs.
- Facilitate partnerships between engineering teams and operators to build innovative products that help Palantir scale.
- Act as a multiplier for other engineers on the team. Define where the technical bar should be, and help engineers achieve it. Lead engineers and accelerate their growth by providing thoughtful feedback, technical mentorship, and effectively manage performance.
- Foster a non-hierarchical exchange of ideas; valuing the idea rather than the individual who communicates it.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
- 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:Software developmentSystem design / architectureLeadership / mentorshipGo, Java, or equivalentObservability / infrastructure systems
Benefits
- 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
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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