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Production Engineer - Database Operations

Palantir· Product Development
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Hybrid (Singapore)SGD 110k - SGD 200kFull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Database Operations engineer responsible for deployment, maintenance, automation, observability, and incident response for Palantir’s production databases across environments.

Responsibilities

  • Build software that automates the routine work of deploying and running production databases
  • Participate in regular on-call rotations
  • Troubleshoot, diagnose, and remediate stability and reliability issues in production database systems
  • Participate in post-incident reviews and take ownership of follow up actions
  • Identify patterns across incidents, support tickets, and alerts, and translate those observations into proposals for systemic improvements to our fleet
  • Manage and execute large scale migrations of the fleet of databases we run
  • Partner with customer-facing teams during incidents and when setting up new database installations
  • Work with database engineering teams and infrastructure teams to build resilient and highly available database systems
  • Continuously invest in documentation, metrics, monitors and other troubleshooting tools
  • Hold the bar on engineering and operational standards through code reviews, design reviews, and feedback on operating procedures
  • Build deep expertise and experience in production systems (Kubernetes, cloud environments, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, etc.) and share that knowledge amongst the team

Qualifications

  • Engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics or similar field
  • Experience writing code a variety of programming languages such as Java, Python, and Go, as part of a past role or personal projects
  • Experience with cloud and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, GCP, Azure, and OpenShift
  • Experience with database technologies such as Cassandra, Elasticsearch and Kafka
  • A solid foundation in Linux and how distributed web services work
  • Familiarity with observability tools such as Grafana and Prometheus
  • Strong written and verbal communication and the ability to iterate quickly with teammates and incorporate feedback

Skills

Required:Programming (Java, Python, Go)Cloud & OrchestrationDatabase TechnologiesLinux & Distributed SystemsObservability Tools

Benefits

  • Total compensation may include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus and other potential future incentives.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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