About the Position

Web Application Developer - Defense

Washington, D.C.

Dev / Full-time / On-site

About the Role

At Palantir Technologies, we build the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. Our defense product vertical builds mission-critical products for the modern warfighter, providing a complete ecosystem where customers can securely integrate and visualize their data, and build sophisticated programs such as common operating pictures, alert-triaging inboxes, and resource allocation planning tools driven by rich-ML models.

As a frontend engineer working on our defense product offering, you will be responsible for crafting the applications that organizations use every day to keep their countries safe. You will be architecting and developing interfaces to make sophisticated, data-intensive workflows both powerful and approachable, including to non-technical users.

Responsibilities

Involved throughout the product lifecycle - from idea generation, design, and prototyping to execution and shipping.
Build for high-scale, collaborative, geospatial workflows (Gaia).
Design sophisticated frameworks to enable complex workflows across applications in a single workspace.
Develop the next generation of real-time collaborative tooling and data-analysis solutions (Secure Collaboration).

Requirements

2+ years of frontend software engineering experience.
Strong frontend coding skills. Proficiency in JavaScript and an understanding of how web technologies work.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent understanding of algorithms, performance, and systems design.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance.

Technologies We Use

Typescript and React are central to our frontend development.
Blueprint as a reusable frontend component library.
A combination of open-source and internal technologies that suit the problems at hand.
Industry-standard build tooling, including Gradle, Webpack, GitHub, and CircleCI.

What We Value

Passion for building user interfaces that enable users to tackle their problems.
Ability to work optimally in teams of technical and non-technical individuals.
Skill and comfort working in a constantly evolving environment with dynamic objectives and iteration with users.
Experience building high-quality software in a fast-paced CI/CD development environment.
Proven ability to learn continuously, work independently, and make decisions with minimal supervision.
Ability to learn new technology and concepts, even without in-depth experience. Motivated by unlocking or improving user workflows while still maintaining engineering quality.

We Offer

Competitive salary range of $135,000 - $200,000/year.
Total compensation may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus, and other potential future incentives.
Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, commuter benefits, relocation assistance, paid time off, paid holidays, supportive leave of absence program, paid leave for new parents, fertility and family building benefits, and a 401k plan.

About the Company

Palantir Technologies 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.

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.

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 long-term 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.

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.

Apply now to empower the world's most important institutions.

Web Application Developer - Defense

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