Forward Deployed Software Engineer – Edge Autonomous Systems
Palantir Technologies
CloudJavaLinuxPythonRust
Senior Software Engineer – Autonomous Systems
Palantir Technologies
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Seattle • Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $145,000 - $200,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
JavaPythonRust
About the role
- Design, implement, and optimize software for mission-critical autonomous systems using modern technologies and methodologies.
- Develop algorithms to process data from heterogeneous sensors for real-time state estimation and threat detection.
- Build AI-driven systems capable of assessing threats and rapidly making decisions to deploy responses to those threats.
- Develop integrations with a range of sensors, effectors, and autonomous platforms.
- Engineer scalable, reliable, and fail-safe systems capable of functioning in high-stakes environments.
- Partner with multidisciplinary teams, including robotics experts, hardware engineers, and system integrators, to deliver integrated solutions.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- 2+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- 2+ years of experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Strong proficiency in Rust, Python, or Java
- Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related fields
- Active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance
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
- 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 Palantir’s 401k plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
RustPythonJavaalgorithm developmentdata processingreal-time state estimationthreat detectionsystem designarchitecturedesign patterns
Soft skills
mentoringtechnical leadershipteam collaborationcommunication
Certifications
US Security clearance
