Product Designer - US Government
Product Designer - US Government
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05-04-2025
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$ 130000 - 135000
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1 Vacancy
Posted on :
05-04-2025
Job Description
A WorldChanging Company
Palantir builds the worlds leading software for datadriven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving forecast supply chain disruptions locate missing children and more.
The Role
The Palantir Design Team is responsible for the human experience of using our software. Our team is growing rapidly but were committed to creating a tightknit team environment that fosters trust integrity empathy and growth. We work together in realizing a shared product vision and regularly give feedback and critique to each other.
Designing at Palantir is a varied experience. On a given day you might be: leading a design sprint for your product team; designing a microinteraction to make a complex analytical task feel simple; and/or advocating for UX consistency by creating flexible reusable UI components.
Core Responsibilities
Interaction and visual design. As a product designer youll be involved at every stage of design work. Youll help define early product concepts flesh out the highlevel workflow and microinteractions of a feature and execute on a crisp and effective visual design. You should have experience with some of the following mockup and prototyping tools: Sketch Framer Principle Figma Invision.
User research. We frequently do informal user research and value people who can be flexible with research processes and methodologies to achieve the right outcome. Youll often visit customer offices to interview and learn from the users we serve. Youll pair qualitative methods (e.g. scripted usability tests and contextual inquiry) with quantitative information like product and usage metrics.
Prototyping. You will prototypeusing software like Principle and Framer or another favorite methodboth to communicate your designs and validate your decisions.
Partnering with engineers. We work closely with product and forward deployed engineers to realize our design ideas. Youll treat engineers as partners and collaborate with them to prototype and build out products.
Awareness of how software interfaces are built. Familiarity with HTML CSS Javascript and Typescript is appreciated. You dont need to be an expertjust fluent enough to collaborate with engineers and know whats possible with frontend technologies. Resources and mentorship are available to designers who want to learn more.
Designers at Palantir have great autonomy over their work so a wide skill set is necessary. However many designers on the team are also passionate experts in one area. You might be the kind of designer who ships code every week or the kind of designer who shares detailed user research findings with your team.
What We Value
- An iterative design process. You validate your ideas early (with stakeholders and users) and are thoughtful and intentional in seeking and responding to feedback. You move fast listen and adapt. You rapidly incorporate feedback and prioritize collaboration. You are adept at giving and receiving critiques.
- Collaboration and communication. You can build great relationships with engineers PMs and other stakeholdersand convey your design rationale to them. To reach these audiences youll communicate your designs through a variety of methods: presenting your mockups making prototypes sharing a design spec.
- Thoughtful intentional work. You know that form informs function and usabilitythat the surface layer doesnt exist in a vacuum. Your design decisions are often informed byand will influenceengineering and business considerations.
- Dedication to the user. Youll design software that changes how people use data in government commercial and philanthropic contexts. You strive to understand our userswho can range from a manufacturing plant worker to a pharmaceutical researcherand fight to empower them.
What We Require
- Active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance.
- A portfolio demonstrating at least one software interface design project. If parts of your portfolio are passwordprotected please include your portfolio password under Additional Information when applying.
Salary
The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $130000 $135000/year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units signon bonus and other potential future incentives. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individuals relevant qualifications work experience skills and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any potential signon bonus; the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any longterm incentives.
Our benefits aim to promote health and wellbeing across all areas of Palantirians lives. We work to continuously improve our offerings and listen to our community as we design and update them. The list below details our available benefits and some of the perks that can be enjoyed as an employee of Palantir Technologies.
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 Palantirs 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 backup 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 Palantirs 401k plan
Life at Palantir
We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes thats why we celebrate individuals strengths skills and interests from your first interview to your longterm growth rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and wellbeing across all areas of Palantirians lives is just one of the ways were investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.
In keeping consistent with Palantirs values and culture we believe employees are better together and inperson work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week) allowing our employees to strike the right tradeoff for their personal productivity. Based on business need there are a few roles that allow for Remote work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles you must work from the state in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite you are required to work from an office.
If you want to empower the worlds most important institutions you belong here. Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer for all including but not limited to Veterans and those with disabilities. Palantir is committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process please reach out and let us know how we can help.
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