Palantir builds the world's leading software for data-driven decisions & 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, & more.

Backend Software Engineers at Palantir build software at scale to transform how organisations use data. Our Software Engineers are involved throughout the product lifecycle, from idea generation, design, prototyping, & production delivery. You will collaborate closely with technical & non-technical teammates to understand our customers' problems & build products that solve them. We encourage movement across teams to share context, skills, & experience, so you'll learn about many different technologies & aspects of each product. Engineers work autonomously & make decisions independently, within a community that will support & challenge you as you grow & develop, becoming a strong technical contributor & engineering leader.

Your day-to-day workflow will vary, adapting to the requirements of our users & the technical challenges that arise. One day, you may find yourself collaborating with other engineers to architect a new system that enables a novel workflow, the next you could be fine-tuning performance to enable low-latency operational outcomes.

Our Product Development organisation is made up of small teams of Software Engineers. Each team focuses on a specific aspect of a product & work collaboratively to build cross functional capabilities, streamline user workflows & continuously improve our software's efficiency & reliability.

We're hiring engineers who are passionate about solving real-world problems & empowering both developers & end-users to work optimally. If you're motivated to develop reliable, performant, & scalable systems, & to design robust APIs & primitives, this role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on our products & the people who use them.

Foundry Software Engineers may be offered the opportunity to Frontline, an exclusive program unlike any other. This unique, short-term assignment involves being embedded with customers, allowing you to work directly with users & gain firsthand insight into how our products are used & the challenges our customers face. Unlike traditional engineering roles, Frontline immerses you in complex, ambiguous problems, empowering you to deliver impactful solutions across some of the world's most important industries & institutions.

Some of our most successful products were built on the factory floor, addressing real-world problems for the world's most important institutions. These products were developed by some of our most successful product engineers, who began their careers in roles aligned with Frontline responsibilities, gaining a deep understanding of both our technology & our customers.

Frontliners operate across a broad spectrum of responsibilities, much like a startup CTO. They work in small teams to own the end-to-end execution of high-stakes projects. This spectrum ranges from discussing architecture & building custom web apps to conducting workshops with users & strategizing with customer executives. No two days are alike, as each day is diverse & impactful. By witnessing how customers engage with Foundry & experiencing these pain points firsthand, you'll gain unique insights that feed directly back into our development process, helping to refine & enhance our products.