Hybrid Production Engineer – Database Operations

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About the role

  • Production Engineer managing database operations at Palantir, ensuring reliability and availability of data systems. Involved in architecture, design, and maintenance of production databases in various environments.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain software that automates the routine maintenance tasks involved in deploying and running production databases
  • Participate in regular on-call rotations
  • Troubleshoot, diagnose, and remediate issues that arise in the stability and reliability of production database systems
  • Participate in post-incident reviews and take ownership of follow up actions
  • Manage and execute large scale migrations of the fleet of databases we run
  • Collaborate closely with customer facing teams when responding to incidents or when assisting them in setting up new installations of databases
  • Work with database engineering teams and infrastructure teams to build resilient and highly available database systems
  • Continuously invest in documentation, metrics, monitors and other troubleshooting tools
  • Build deep expertise and experience in production systems (Kubernetes, cloud environments, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, etc.) and share that knowledge amongst the team

Requirements

  • Engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics or similar field.
  • Experience writing code a variety of programmin languages such as Java, Python, and Go, as part of a past role or personal projects.
  • Experience with cloud and deployment technologies such as Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, GCP, Azure, and Openshift.
  • Experience with database technologies such as Cassandra, Elasticsearch and Kafka.
  • A solid foundation in Linux and web service fundamentals.
  • Familiarity with observability tools such as Grafana and Prometheus.
  • Strong written and verbal communication and the ability to iterate quickly with teammates and incorporate feedback.

Benefits

  • Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians’ lives
  • Reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability

Job title

Production Engineer – Database Operations

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

HybridSingapore

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