Senior Software Engineer

Overview

Senior Software Engineer on bp's technical team, solving high-priority, critical business problems, with a focus on the Palantir Foundry environment.

What you'll do

• Deep dive into problems and come up with innovative solutions, considering all aspects.
• Help product teams navigate unforeseen challenges in product development to keep projects on track.
• Analyse existing processes, pinpoint inefficiencies and recommend optimizations.
• Identify and solve issues within the Palantir Foundry environment.
• Work on Palantir Foundry components: Ontology, Code Repositories, Pipeline Builder, Workshop, Quiver, Contour, data integration and ETL processes.
• Apply scripting and programming in Python, Spark, TypeScript and SQL for backend and API development.
• Design and build web apps using React JS, Next.js and Node.js, ensuring a smooth and intuitive user interface.
• Leverage AWS and Azure services to keep backend and platform services performant, reliable and scalable.
• Be responsible for end-to-end quality, deployment and production of services, including testing, CI/CD, monitoring and incident management.
• Work with product teams to resolve unforeseen issues and keep them on track.
• Maintain clear, concise and comprehensive documentation so users can use the tools effectively.

What you'll need

• 5+ years of full-stack software engineering experience.
• Strong background in Palantir Foundry along with Python, Spark, TypeScript and SQL, and hands-on experience building scalable and secure backend services.
• Extensive experience with React JS for building interactive and responsive UIs.
• Basic to intermediate understanding of Docker, Kubernetes and the Kubernetes ecosystem.
• Understanding of user authentication, authorization, and securing web applications and APIs.
• Familiarity with modern architectural patterns, including microservices, serverless and event-driven architectures.
• Strong focus on optimizing and improving the developer experience for application users.
• Familiarity with AWS or Azure services and cloud architecture, particularly in building scalable and resilient applications.
• Knowledge of CI/CD principles and experience automating deployment workflows.
• Experience in monitoring and managing incidents.
• Strong communication skills, with experience working in cross-functional teams and liaising between platform engineers, UX/UI designers and DevOps.

Details

• Hybrid office/remote working.
• Up to 10% travel should be expected.
• Eligible for relocation within country.
• Advertised as full time; flexible working arrangements may be considered (contact the hiring manager or recruiter).