DevOps Engineer

Palantir Technologies

. Apply modern engineering practices to improve the maintainability, reliability, and utility of Palantir's internal compute infrastructure.

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeWashington, D.C. • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $135,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Apply modern engineering practices to improve the maintainability, reliability, and utility of Palantir's internal compute infrastructure.
Drive build-vs-buy decisions and partner with vendors to integrate external technologies into our platform.
Collaborate with other teams to understand emerging needs and deliver solutions that help users succeed.
Participate in the on-call rotation for high-severity incidents affecting critical systems.
Research and evaluate new technologies to identify where our infrastructure can improve.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of professional software development experience on core infrastructure with emphasis on operational excellence.
2+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

software developmentsystem designarchitecturedesign patternsreliabilityscalingoperational excellenceinfrastructure improvementemerging technologiesincident management

Soft Skills

collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationvendor managementdecision making