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Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems

Palantir· Dev
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Hybrid (Washington, DC)$145k - $200k + bonusFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer to join a customer-facing product engineering team focused on developing advanced Command and Control (C2) and Agentic Autonomy Software for Autonomous Systems, including cloud and edge software, sensor integration, and real-time AI/LLM-driven decision-making for operational missions.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and optimize software for mission-critical autonomous systems using modern technologies and methodologies
  • Develop algorithms to process data from heterogeneous sensors for real-time state estimation and threat detection
  • Build LLM and AI-driven systems capable of assessing threats and rapidly making decisions to deploy responses to those threats
  • Develop integrations with a range of sensors, effectors, and autonomous platforms
  • Engineer scalable, reliable, and fail-safe systems capable of functioning in high-stakes environments
  • Partner with multidisciplinary teams, including robotics experts, hardware engineers, and system integrators, to deliver integrated solutions

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
  • 2+ years of experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
  • Strong proficiency in Rust, Python, C++, or Java
  • Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related fields
  • Active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance

Skills

Required:Software development for autonomous systems
Nice to have:AI/ML and sensor processingLLM toolchains and agents in real-time data workflows

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees (and eligible dependents)
  • 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 at end of each year
  • 10 paid holidays
  • Leave of absence program for 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
  • Enrollment in Palantir’s 401k plan
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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