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Product Reliability Engineer - Defense

Palantir· Product Support
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Hybrid (Washington, DC)$96k - $140kFull-timePosted 8mo ago

About the role

Palantir seeks a Product Reliability Engineer (PRE) to own the health, performance, and stability of Palantir services, drive end-to-end reliability improvements, and contribute to long-term product stability through observability, code improvements, and reliability-focused initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Continuously invest in documentation, metrics, monitors and other troubleshooting tools
  • Participate in on-call rotations during business hours and occasional weekends. This is a challenging yet rewarding opportunity to help remediate the most pressing issues across the Palantir fleet.
  • Diagnose, resolve, and prevent issues encountered in the field. Deliver end-to-end improvements to core products based on these issues you encounter in the field.
  • Improve observability by refactoring codepaths and introducing telemetry
  • Identify and implement data-driven opportunities for improved service resilience
  • Develop strategic opinions on stability investments and inform the vision for long-term product stability
  • During periodic on-call shifts, respond to automated alerts, investigate issues reported by customers, and share technical expertise with adjacent product teams

Qualifications

  • Engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics or similar field
  • Ability to work with a high degree of ownership and a strong sense of urgency in a dynamic environment
  • Experience producing code in backend languages such as Java, as part of a past role or personal projects
  • Familiarity with storage and data processing systems and cloud infrastructure
  • Strong written and verbal communication and ability to iterate quickly with teammates and incorporate feedback
  • Eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance

Skills

Required:On-call incident responseObservability and telemetryTroubleshooting at scaleTelemetry tools (Prometheus)
Nice to have:Java, Go, or web technologies

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents
  • Basic life, AD&D and disability insurance for employees
  • Commuter benefits
  • Take what you need paid time off (not accrual based)
  • 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year
  • 10 paid holidays
  • Leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events
  • Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care
  • Fertility and family building benefits (adoption, surrogacy, preservation)
  • Child-related expense stipend
  • 401k plan available
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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