Privacy and Civil Liberties Software Engineer

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

The Privacy and Civil Liberties (PCL) Engineering team is a mission-driven interdisciplinary team of Software Engineers, Data Scientists, Lawyers, and Applied Ethicists. The goal of the PCL team is to design, build, and deploy privacy-protective technologies and to foster a culture of responsibility around their development and use. Our team has deep expertise in privacy law and technology ethics, and PCL engineers translate legal and ethical requirements into software solutions.

As a Software Engineer on the PCL team, you will be responsible for designing and developing full-stack software products for privacy, data protection, and Responsible AI (AI explainability, fairness, transparency, testing & evaluation, etc.) across Palantir’s software platforms, including Foundry, Gotham, and AIP. The software that you build will directly help our customers, across industries and geographies, better meet their regulatory and ethical obligations. As part of this role, you will collaborate with technical and non-technical teammates to understand our customer’s problems as well as the latest trends in policy and regulation in order to build practical solutions for privacy and Responsible AI challenges.

We’re hiring software engineers who are passionate about solving real-world problems and empowering our customers to carry out their workflows both effectively and responsibly. Below are some examples of the type of product work you’d get to do in this role:

• Architect, develop, and maintain high-performance, scalable backend services that underpin critical workflows for governance, privacy, and security.
• Build new greenfield solutions for emerging challenges in privacy and Responsible AI and iterate with customers in the field to refine these solutions based on real-world feedback.
• Design and develop interactive workflow user-interfaces to make technical concepts accessible to users from a variety of backgrounds.
• Maintain high coding standards by actively participating in code reviews and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing among your team.
• Actively improve user workflows by collaborating with cross-functional teams, ensuring seamless experiences across product boundaries and a cohesive user experience.
• Work closely with other Palantir engineers and customers to advise on best practices for privacy, data governance, and Responsible AI in Palantir software platforms.

• Typescript, React, and GQL for our frontend development
• Different backend languages, including Java and Python
• Distributed systems technologies such as Cassandra, Elasticsearch and Spark
• Industry-standard build tooling, including Gradle, GitHub, and CircleCI

• Passion for understanding users’ workflows and solving challenges with full-stack software solutions, while maintaining high engineering quality.
• Ability to learn new technologies and concepts, even without in-depth experience.
• Experience building high-quality software in a fast-paced CI/CD development environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively in teams of technical and non-technical individuals and understand how technical decisions impact the people who will use what you're building.
• Skill and comfort working in a constantly evolving environment with dynamic objectives and iteration with users.
• Proven ability to learn continuously, work independently, and make decisions with minimal supervision.
• Experience and curiosity in any of the following domains is a plus: privacy, data protection, AI testing & evaluation, AI fairness/bias, technology ethics.

• 2+ years of frontend and backend software engineering experience.
• Engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics or similar field.
• Experience in designing and developing features and improvements, as well as supporting and maintaining live backend systems.
• In-depth understanding of data structures, system architecture, API development for microservices frameworks and programming languages such as Java, Python, or similar languages.
• Familiarity with frontend frameworks, web technologies, and programming languages such as JavaScript/Typescript, or similar languages.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Salary

The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $135,000 - $200,000/year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted 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 employee of Palantir Technologies.

Benefits

•  Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance

•  Employees are automatically covered by Palantir’s basic life, AD&D and disability insurance

•  Commuter benefits

•  Take what you need paid time off, not accrual based

•  2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)

•  10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year

•  Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events

•  Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents

•  Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation

•  Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child

•  Employees can enroll in Palantir’s 401k plan

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 longterm 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. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.

In keeping consistent with Palantir’s values and culture, we believe employees are “better together” and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore, 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. If you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the state in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.

If you want to empower the world's most important institutions, you belong here. 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. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process, please reach out and let us know how we can help.