A WORLD-CHANGING COMPANY
At
Palantir, we’re passionate about building software that solves
problems. We partner with the most important institutions in the world
to transform how they use data and technology. Our software has been
used to stop terrorist attacks, discover new medicines, gain an edge in
global financial markets, and more. If these types of projects excite
you, we'd love for you to join us.
THE ROLE
Forward
Deployed Software Engineers (FDSEs) understand our customers’ greatest
pain points and design end-to-end solutions to address them. FDSEs
solicit constant feedback on their work from both customers and
colleagues, improving our products over time with rapid iteration
cycles.
FDSEs deploy cutting-edge technologies
to solve our customers’ hardest problems. Projects often start with a
nebulous question like “Why are we losing customers?” or “How can we
more effectively identify instances of money laundering?” FDSEs are
thought leaders and first movers in developing a solution, from
high-level system design and prototyping to application development and
data integration.
FDSEs work with customers
around the world, where they gain unique insight into the world’s most
important industries and institutions. We help our customers detect
insider trading, improve disaster relief, fight healthcare fraud, and
more. Each mission presents different challenges, from the regulatory
environment to the nature of the data to the user population. FDSEs work
to accommodate all aspects of an environment to drive real outcomes for
our customers.
TECHNOLOGIES WE USE
- Our
approach is to deploy whatever technology is best to solve the problem
at hand. This often means that we are learning from the bleeding edge of
the open-source community or developing our own tools. Recently, FDSEs
have deployed:
- Postgres, Cassandra, Hadoop, and Spark for distributed data storage
- Java and Groovy for our back-end applications and data integration tools
- Typescript, AngularJS, jQuery, Backbone, Underscore, Leaflet, and d3for our web technologies
- Python for data science and machine learning
- Internal frameworks for our rapid iteration tools
WHAT WE VALUE
- FDSEs
are developers with a passion for using technology to achieve a larger
goal. They enjoy the challenge of solving an abstract problem and
building or adopting the technology to do it. To support these goals, we
value:
- Collaboration: We work with our customers, often on site, to understand and solve their problems
- Commitment: We see projects through from beginning to end in spite of obstacles we may encounter.
- Balance: We
do whatever is necessary to finish the job and trust one another to
take the time we need, whether it’s vacation or just a trip to the gym
- Communication: We communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Improvement: We push ourselves to grow and develop in new ways
- Impact: We take on meaningful and challenging projects that change the world for the better
