Palantir Technologies - Server Side Quality Engineer

Server Side Quality Engineer

Disclaimer: Palantir Technologies is not affiliated with, endorsed or
sponsored by Palantir.net, Inc. Palantir.net’s website is located at
www.palantir.net.

Palantir Server Side Quality Engineers work on cross-functional product
teams to ensure a successful, high quality product release.

We are looking for bright, creative, and detail-oriented engineers with a
hacker mindset to fill this role. As a Server Side Quality Engineer at
Palantir, you will play a critical role in defining Palantir’s world-class
information analysis platform.

This is an opportunity to join a fast growing start-up and be a critical
member on cross-functional product teams building disruptive technology.



Candidate Profile

- You have been tinkering with computers since grade school

- Your parents have been angry at you for destroying the family PC by
taking it apart

- You've built a Linux kernel from scratch because it seemed fun

- You keep switching Linux distributions because you want to try them all

- You've used wireshark to see if SSL really works as intended

- Your home network consists of a bunch of old computers running FreeBSD,
even though it's easier to buy a router

- The most interesting courses you've taken in school are algorithms,
operating systems, distributed systems, and file systems



Responsibilities

- Review and critique software architecture and specifications

- Design and execute test cases based on customer workflows

- Develop software tools to automate testing and to validate functionality

- Create tools to generate representative large data sets for scale testing

- Work with developers to identify problem areas in the code

- Find and file defects; verify fixed deficiencies

- Debug software/server issues

- Work with forward deployed engineers to ensure successful deployment of
software releases onto customer sites



Requirements



- BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or
another Mathematics/Science related degree

- Strong experience with Linux; specifically, the ability to diagnose
software issues on a server environment

- Strong shell scripting, Python or Perl

- Systems administration experience highly desired

- Ability to work in a fast-moving environment with ad-hoc objectives

- Excellent teamwork, independent decision making, and written/verbal
communication skills

- Analytical thinking, creative problem solving, trouble shooting, and
attention-to-detail a must



In order to be eligible for this position you must apply online at:
http://palantir.com/careers/PositionDetail?id=a0m80000000jNlvAAE
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