Sr Data Engineer, Palantir

A Day in the Life:

We are seeking a talented Sr Data Engineer, Palantir to join our Strategic Data & Analytics team working on Hertz’s strategic applications and initiatives. This role will work in multi-disciplinary teams rapidly building high-value products that directly impact our financial performance and customer experience. You’ll build cloud-native, large-scale, employee facing software using modern technologies including React, Python, Java, AWS, and Palantir Foundry.

The ideal candidate will have strong development skills across the full stack, a growth mindset, and a passion for building software at a sustainable pace in a highly productive engineering culture. Experience with Palantir Foundry is highly preferred but not required — we’re looking for engineers who are eager to learn and committed to engineering excellence.

We expect the starting salary to be around $135k but will be commensurate with experience.

• Work in balanced teams consisting of Product Managers, Product Designers, and engineers
• Test first — We strive for Test-Driven Development (TDD) for all production code
• CI (Continuous Integration) everything — Automation is core to our development process
• Architect user-facing interfaces and design functions that help users visualize and interact with their data
• Contribute to both frontend and backend codebases to enhance and develop projects
• Build software at a sustainable pace to ensure longevity, reliability, and higher quality output

• Design and develop responsive, intuitive user interfaces using React and modern JavaScript/Type Script
• Build reusable component libraries and implement best practices for frontend architecture
• Generate UX/UI designs (no dedicated UX/UI designers on team) with considerations for usability and efficiency
• Optimize applications for maximum speed, scalability, and accessibility
• Develop large-scale, web and mobile software utilizing appropriate technologies for use by our employees

• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services using Python or Java
• Design and implement data models and database schemas
• Deploy to cloud environments (primarily AWS)
• Integrate with third-party services and APIs
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code

• Build custom applications and integrations within the Palantir Foundry platform
• Develop Ontology-based applications leveraging object types, link types, and actions
• Create data pipelines and transformations using Python transforms
• Implement custom widgets and user experiences using the Foundry SDK
• Design and build functions that assist users to visualize and interact with their data

• Research problems and break them into deliverable parts
• Work with a Lean mindset and deliver value quickly
• Participate in all stages of the product development and deployment lifecycle
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members
• Work with product managers and stakeholders to define requirements and deliverables
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical documentation

• 5+ years in web front-end or mobile development
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or other related field, preferred
• Strong proficiency in React, JavaScript/Type Script, HTML, and CSS for web front-end development
• Strong knowledge of one or more Object Oriented Programming or Functional Programming languages such as JavaScript, Typescript, Java, Python, or Kotlin
• Experience with RESTful API design and development
• Experience deploying to cloud environments (AWS preferred)
• Understanding of version control systems, particularly Git Hub
• Experience with relational and/or No
  
  SQL databases
• Familiarity with modern frontend build tools and package managers (e.g., Webpack, npm, yarn)
• Experience with React, including React Native for mobile app development, preferred
• Experience with Palantir Foundry platform, preferred
• Experience in Android or iOS development, preferred
• Experience with data visualization libraries (e.g., D3.js, Plotly, Chart.js), preferred
• Familiarity with CI/CD…