Software Engineer Core Interfaces
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Job Location:
Palo Alto, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 135000 - 200000
Posted on:
21 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
A World-Changing Company
Palantir builds the worlds leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs forecast supply chain disruptions locate missing children and more.
The Role
Palantir builds applications that help customers organize understand and make decisions based on their data. Because these applications serve different roles within an organizations workflow users frequently have multiple applications open at once and expect them to work together seamlessly. While backend services handle much of this coordination delivering a truly fast and responsive experience requires applications to also directly interact with each other through client-side frameworks running in the browser. Building these frameworks is uniquely challenging: every Palantir application plays a distinct role and has its own set of first-class UX concepts yet the frameworks need to integrate cleanly into all of them. Success requires both strong API design skills and a keen eye for user experience.
The frontend frameworks our team builds serve a variety of functions across Palantirs application ecosystem. Some frameworks integrate deeply with the Palantir Ontologya foundational layer that provides a schema for defining objects and relationships between them. These frameworks enable real-time data synchronization across applications: for example when a user selects an Ontology object on a map data plots in a different application instantly update to show that objects properties. Other frameworks operate independently of the Ontology: for example one framework allows applications to define custom behaviors that can be invoked by other applications or even by AI agents giving them the flexibility to expose arbitrary functionality across the platform.
Core Responsibilities
As a software engineer on this team youll work with these cross-application frameworks end-to-end from the low-level technical implementation to high-level UX decisions. Youll work extensively with core web APIsBroadcast Channels Service Workers Local Storageto enable real-time communication between applications. Additionally you will help develop an Electron application that extends and enhances these workflows through Electron-specific capabilities such as the IPC API. Along the way youll build relationships with teams across the company and develop a deep understanding of different codebases and their architectural patterns.
API design is central to the role: the interfaces you create need to be ergonomic and portable enough to slot into any application that adopts them while also being powerful enough to enable complex user interactions. Just as important is a strong sense and passion for UX: the interactions these frameworks enable should feel native and intuitive regardless of which applications a user has open. The ideal candidate is a well-rounded engineer who is excited by the creative challenge of designing new cross-app behaviors and has the technical know-how to codify these behaviors in an idiomatic and extensible way.
Technologies We Use
- TypeScript and React for frontend development
- Electron for our desktop application framework
- A combination of open-source and internal technologies that suit the problems at hand
- Industry-standard build tooling including Gradle Webpack GitHub and CircleCI
What We Value
- Passion for collaborating across teams and quickly ramping up on unfamiliar codebases
- Creative problem-solving skills and excitement about designing novel user interactions
- Experience building high-quality software in a fast-paced CI/CD development environment
- Ability to ramp up quickly and autonomously; willingness to learn continuously work independently and make decisions with minimal supervision
- Drive to unlock and improve user workflows while maintaining engineering quality
What We Require
- 2 years of frontend software engineering experience
- Strong frontend coding skills: regardless of which frameworks you use or how you learned them were looking for people who can write clean effective code with proficiency in JavaScript and an understanding of how web technologies work
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent understanding of algorithms performance and systems design
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance
Salary
The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $135000 - $200000/year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units sign-on 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 sign-on bonus; the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any long-term 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 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 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 well-being 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 in-person 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 trade-off 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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Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- Data Structures
- JavaScript
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
We build software that empowers organizations to effectively integrate their data, decisions, and operations.
