# Backend Software Engineer - Data Connectors

Technologies We Use Java and Python for connectors, backend services, and developer SDKs Open-source technologies like Kafka, Kubernetes, Flink, Debezium, Iceberg Industry-standard build tooling, including Gradle and GitHub Shared job orchestration, streaming, serverless execution, and compute deployment platforms Core Responsibilities Build and maintain Foundry’s first-class connectors, improving performance and extending support for imports, exports, change data capture, interactive queries, and writeback as external systems and customer needs evolve. Improve the infrastructure that builds, tests, packages, and distributes connectors and shared libraries, including tooling across our connector monorepo. Design and maintain connectivity SDKs for internal teams and end users, with clear APIs, documentation, testing utilities, and development workflows that make integrations easy to author and maintain. Collaborate with product teams to integrate connector execution with job orchestration, streaming, and serverless platforms. Lead incremental migrations onto shared infrastructure, manage compatibility, and retire older implementations while preserving the workflows customers depend

- **Id**: 3837371
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/palantir-technologies-backend-software-engineer-data-connectors>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: New York, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T20:57:06Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T06:09:14Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3275
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Data Integration & ETL Tools, Decision Intelligence, Defense AI

## Company

- **Id**: 24
- **Name**: Palantir Technologies
- **Domain**: palantir.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/palantir>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: C
- **Score**: 66
- **Open postings**: 231
- **Ghost share**: 0.485
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 169
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **Gradle** — Optional: no
- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: yes
- **Flink** — Optional: yes
- **GitHub** — Optional: yes
- **Java** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T21:26:53Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 207 · green card filings: 38; Filings 12m: 207

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 169
- **Reasons**: conf:4, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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