Data Engineer

A World-Changing Company

Palantir builds the worlds 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

As a Data Engineer, you will be a key part of the Product Development Data Applications and Analytics Team (PDAAT) within the Product Development organization. You and the team will work with leadership, cross functionally with product engineers and leaders across the business to address, measure, and evaluate Palantirs internal strategic and tactical performance. You will analyze cloud utilization, user metrics, stability KPIs, cost optimizations, and ensure best in class support for our developers and product teams. You will use your analytical experience to architect custom KPIs that fit new business needs, combine disparate data sources and distill trends from internal and external data sources. You will provide cost and usage monitoring, recommendations, and advice to help maintain our analytics infrastructure that serves Palantirs core business and development functions. You will use Palantirs platforms just as Palantirs customers do: creating custom applications that enable specific internal workflows, activating vast troves of data that unlock key insights, and creating views that help drive day-to-day outcomes.

Teams throughout Palantir will consult with and rely on you to help guide planning and decision-making for a wide range of topics while balancing various sets of priorities and weighing costs. You are a problem solver who loves gathering information from various sources, analyzing and presenting your recommendations to technical teams, business partners, and Palantir leadership. You are a good communicator who thrives in cross-timezone collaborations and individual projects. You feel comfortable working in a data-rich and dynamic environment, putting various pieces of the puzzle together to create a coherent picture. This position will offer an exciting work environment, multi-functional exposure, and a chance to create an impact on Palantirs product development, customer satisfaction and bottom line, by driving analysis, and recommending and implementing processes.

Core Responsibilities

Partner with team members, engineering, product and business leaders to understand current user behavior and patterns across our platform

Develop KPIs, create project plan, implement Pipelines and design user interfaces to understand delivery and adoption of new products and capabilities

Monitor pipelines for stability, suggest and enact efficiency initiatives measures

Own projects end-to-end while communicating with stakeholders about milestones and performance

Create engineering awareness and drive behavior change in the product organization in line with the teams mission and goals

Use Palantirs platform to create data analysis and supporting visualizations

Use Palantirs platform to create custom applications and executive dashboards

Articulate feedback from real-world use for Palantirs software engineering teams to help improve Palantirs overall offerings

Become an expert on foundational data that underpins Palantirs software development and internal operations

Respond to strategic, tactical, and analytical questions from within Palantir about data and operations

What We Value

Ability and desire to independently identify, analyze, and resolve ambiguous issues and self-check work

Ability to thrive in a dynamic and changing environment, collaborating and working cross-functionally across teams

Entrepreneurial spirit - always thinking about how data, process, views, understanding can be improved

Keen interest in learning new tools and approaches to problems

Love for bringing order to ambiguity

Active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance is desirable

Experience with Spark is desirable

What We Require

Degree in Data Science, Finance, Math, Engineering, Computer Science, Economics, Business or other quantitative fields

1 - 3 years of experience in a data analytical role

Expertise and experience in Python and manipulation of data to answer questions

Experience with BI tools, SQL queries, and organizing and analyzing data

Salary

The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $90,000 - $145,000/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 individuals 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 Palantirs 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 Palantirs 401k plan

Life at Palantir

We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, thats 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 were investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.

In keeping consistent with Palantirs 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.