Software Engineer - Apollo Systems

About this role

Join Palantir's Apollo team as a Software Engineer to build distributed systems for autonomous software deployment and management across diverse environments. You'll design backup/restore solutions for Kubernetes clusters, optimize container artifact storage, and enable rapid cluster reconstruction at scale.

What you'll do

• Build and operate large-scale distributed systems for remote Kubernetes cluster operation and maintenance
• Design and implement backup and restore solutions for Kubernetes with proprietary compression
• Develop and optimize OCI-compliant container artifact storage and distribution systems
• Solve distributed systems challenges for edge computing and diverse hardware deployments
• Own the full development lifecycle from design through implementation and production support
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders on infrastructure solutions

What they're looking for

• Kubernetes and container technologies (Docker, OCI)
• Distributed systems design and optimization
• Storage systems and compression algorithms
• Low-level performance optimization
• Cloud infrastructure (on-prem, public cloud, air-gapped networks)
• Software deployment and continuous delivery
• Full-stack development and system architecture
• Problem-solving at scale