Full Stack Software Engineer - Apollo Platform - Palantir

Job Title: Full Stack Software Engineer - Apollo Platform
Job Location: Seattle, WA
Job Listing URL: https://jobs.lever.co/palantir/8b61f9fe-fadd-423f-9c69-60a9dd8b831f
Job Description: A World-Changing Company

Palantir 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.

The Role

Apollo is Palantir's product that enables autonomous management and continuous deployment of mission critical software, wherever it is. We’re transforming the way organizations around the world deploy software: from on-premise, to various cloud providers, to disconnected environments (air-gapped), to strict accreditation frameworks, and to the edge.

As a Full Stack Engineer on the Apollo platform, you will be at the forefront of developing both client-facing and server-side features that enhance the experience of thousands of users. You will engineer seamless interfaces and robust backend services that simplify complex deployment and monitoring tasks. Your role will encompass conducting user interviews to understand their intricate workflows, collaborating on mockups with Product Designers, and building APIs and services that enable frontend functionality. You might find yourself automating workflows, writing and integrating frontend code with backend services, or developing scalable backend systems that power our platforms.

We're hiring engineers who act like owners and are passionate about the whole development lifecycle — not just fixing bugs or maintaining legacy code — from idea generation, user interviews, planning, design, prototyping, execution, shipping, and iteration.

Learn more about Apollo and all the things it can do!
Core Responsibilities
Collaborate with Product Designers and internal and external customers to develop and refine the overall look, design, and functionality of Apollo
Develop and evolve core libraries and components used to render user interfaces and build backend services
Define and implement APIs that support frontend functionality and contribute to the backend services that power our platforms
Contribute to both frontend and backend codebases end-to-end to achieve business outcomes
Routinely test and debug web applications and backend services, both manually and through automation, to maintain high quality and performance
Technologies We Use
React, TypeScript and GraphQL are central to our front-end development
Java and Golang are central to our back-end development
Blueprint as a reusable frontend component library
Some familiarity with containers (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
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
High sense of ownership and ability to own projects end-to-end
Strong design sense and deep user empathy
Clear and concise verbal and written communications
Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced product development team, with peers and teammates across multiple locations and timezones
High engineering standards and a desire to improve both new and existing systems
Willingness and enthusiasm to do what it takes to get things done, leading by example and deeply engaging with the team’s day-to-day work
A focus on impact and an ability to articulate the value your work provides
What We Require
Experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Physics or similar field
Proven track record of building impactful user workflows and scalable backend systems, understanding how technical decisions impact users
Proficiency with web technologies, front end programming languages such as React, JavaScript, TypeScript, or similar languages, and backend languages or frameworks such as Java, Golang, C++, or equivalent
Familiarity with front-end frameworks, data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, and other technical tools
Demonstrated ability to learn continuously, work independently, and make decisions with minimal supervision in a rapidly changing environment with dynamic objectives and iteration cycles