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Software Engineer - Defense Applications

AI summary of the role

Front-end engineer on Palantir's defense applications team, building mission-critical user interfaces for U.S. and allied militaries.

What you’ll do

  • Own user-facing feature additions and enhancements for defense applications
  • Collaborate hands-on with customers and forward-deployed engineers to design and deliver solutions rapidly
  • Build domain-specific workflows and interfaces using Palantir's Foundry and AIP platforms
  • Consume and produce reusable in-house libraries and toolchains

What you’ll bring

  • 2+ years of frontend software engineering experience
  • Proficiency in JavaScript and strong frontend coding skills
  • Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent understanding of algorithms, performance, and systems design
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Technologies

React · Maplibre · Three.js · Redux · Conjure · OSDK · Foundry · AIP · JavaScript

About Palantir

Enterprise software (Gotham, Foundry, AIP, Apollo) that operationalizes data and AI for defense, intelligence, and Fortune 500 commercial clients via embedded forward-deployed engineers.

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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 Palantir’s software forms the operating system for the militaries of the United States and her allies, driving outcomes and enhancing capabilities across the full spectrum of operations, intelligence, and support activities. Our defense applications are the tip of that spear, powerful tools used daily by thousands of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines to perform critical work at home and abroad from the Pentagon to the front lines. The engineers who build, maintain, and extend these applications are responsible for wielding the immense technical potential of Palantir’s data
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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 Palantir’s software forms the operating system for the militaries of the United States and her allies, driving outcomes and enhancing capabilities across the full spectrum of operations, intelligence, and support activities. Our defense applications are the tip of that spear, powerful tools used daily by thousands of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines to perform critical work at home and abroad from the Pentagon to the front lines. The engineers who build, maintain, and extend these applications are responsible for wielding the immense technical potential of Palantir’s data modeling and AI platforms to create exquisite domain-specific workflows and interfaces that modernize, extend, and revolutionize the capabilities of the warfighter. This is a front-end engineering role focused on marrying Palantir’s Foundry and AIP platform technologies, application specific backend services, and modern web technologies with domain expertise. These teams are nimble and select the right tool for the task in front of them rather than adhering to a rigidly defined tech stack, but the [... source excerpt omitted ...] ss control, and a host of other specialized functions. Defense applications developers both consume and produce these re-usable tools as part of their core engineering role. Core Responsibilities As an engineer on a defense application team you’ll be responsible for owning, not just executing, user-facing feature additions or enhancements. Defense product teams are forward-leaning by nature, you can expect to spend time hands-on with customers and forward-deployed engineers to design solutions that not only meet the need but deliver value rapidly to support customers in ever-changing environments. The dynamic nature of the defense applications teams make for, on average, shorter pro [... source excerpt omitted ...] estricted Stock units, sign-on bonus and other potential future incentives. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individual's relevant qualifications, work experience, skills, and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any potential sign-on bonus; the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any long-term incentives. Our benefits aim to promote health and wellbeing across all areas of Palantirians’ lives. We work to continuously improve our offerings and listen to our community as we design and update them. The list below details our available benefits and some of the perks that can be enjoyed as an emplo

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