Backend Software Engineer role focused on building scalable, performant, and secure distributed systems for Palantir's data platforms. Responsibilities include developing search and indexing ecosystems, contributing to data processing libraries, managing large-scale compute workloads, designing APIs, and ensuring observability in microservice architectures. Technologies include Java, Rust, Go, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Spark, Kafka, and Kubernetes.

This role focuses on the deployment, maintenance, automation, and observability of database systems that support Palantir's products. It involves building software for routine maintenance, troubleshooting production issues, managing large-scale migrations, and collaborating with engineering and customer-facing teams. The role requires expertise in production systems like Kubernetes, cloud environments, and specific databases (Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Kafka), as well as observability tools.