A World-Changing Company
Palantir builds the world’s 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
Mission Manager is Palantir’s single pane of glass for enabling US Government customers and vendors to run software securely and compliantly in the most sensitive environments, but without the overhead —whether connected, disconnected,
cloud, or
edge. Built on the strength of
Palantir’s Apollo platform, it provides the critical infrastructure needed to rapidly onboard and deploy applications into a secure
Kubernetes-based ecosystem, freeing our customers to focus on building and powering mission-critical systems.
The Mission Manager offering is still in its earliest days, and by joining us now, you’ll define the strategy for how we develop and scale it—witnessing firsthand the impact of your work on critical missions and the new capabilities you unlock. You’ll drive this by building elegant, robust user interfaces and APIs that bridge the gap between a raw Kubernetes cluster and a fully featured, infrastructure-agnostic runtime that can meet the operational demands of hundreds of specialized microservices.
As a full-stack engineer, you’ll operate at the intersection of product, design, and engineering to deliver industry-leading UI/UX for our next-generation infrastructure management platform. You’ll undertake this challenge alongside an energized team with a wide array of backgrounds and skillsets, all united by an ambitious vision for what’s possible.
Core Responsibilities
- Work closely with forward deployed, platform, and customer engineers to understand user workflows, product gaps and identify both short and long-term product capabilities
- Collaborate with Product Designers and customers to develop the concepts, features, workflows and design of our platform
- Champion a long-term tech roadmap to build high-quality app interactions, polished & reusable UX, reduce operational burden, ensure scalability, reduce risk, and strive for step-changes whenever possible
- Take ownership of the end-to-end user experience across the stack, including debugging core backend systems and driving API improvements with a focus on both quality and performance
- Work closely with your team and stakeholders to enable sustainable and timely delivery of technical solutions to address business needs
- Spend ~70% of your time on Frontend work, and ~30% of your time on Backend work (depending on your project & skillset)
What We Value
- Product-centric individuals who have a high sense of ownership and ability to own projects end-to-end
- Belief in the importance of UI/UX in productionizing infrastructure management systems
- Clear and concise verbal and written communications
- A focus on impact and an ability to articulate the value your work provides
- Passion for designing thoughtful user interfaces and robust APIs
- Confidence in troubleshooting issues independently using observability tools and service logs
- Familiarity with GraphQL and API schema design
- Familiarity with K8s, and the broader ecosystem of software around K8s
- Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance
What We Require
- 2+ years of professional software development experience
- 1+ years of experience in product design, UX optimization, feature scoping, and system architecture (design patterns, reusability, reliability and scaling) of new and existing applications/systems
- Proficiency with web technology languages such as React, JavaScript, TypeScript, or equivalent, and backend languages or frameworks such as Java, Golang, or equivalent
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Salary
The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $135,000 - $200,000/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 individual’s 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 Palantir’s basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
• Commuter benefits
• 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 Palantir’s 401k plan
Life at Palantir
We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that’s 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 we’re investing in our community. Learn more at
Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.
In keeping consistent with Palantir’s 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 world's 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.
