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Palantir

Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems

AI summary of the role

Senior Software Engineer on a customer-facing product engineering team building Command and Control (C2) and Agentic Autonomy software for autonomous systems used in operational and tactical missions.

What you’ll do

  • Design, implement, and optimize software for mission-critical autonomous systems
  • Develop algorithms for real-time state estimation and threat detection from heterogeneous sensors
  • Build LLM and AI-driven systems for threat assessment and rapid response deployment
  • Develop integrations with sensors, effectors, and autonomous platforms

What you’ll bring

  • 5+ years of professional software development experience
  • 2+ years contributing to system design or architecture of new and existing systems
  • 2+ years as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team
  • Strong proficiency in Rust, Python, C++, or Java

Technologies

Rust · Python · C++ · Java · LLM · AI/ML · sensor processing · robotics · embedded systems · swarm behaviors

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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Source and classification

Production engineering · Evidence for this classification:

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 We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a customer-facing product engineering team focused on developing advanced Command and Control (C2) and Agentic Autonomy Software for Autonomous Systems for use in operational and tactical missions. This role involves building, integrating, and deploying state-of-the-art software solutions that combine sensors, actuators, unmanned vehicles, and intelligent decision-making systems including self-hosted and commercial LLMs to enable users to employ and manage robotic and autonomous systems across a variety of mission sets. You will
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