What's the tech stack?

Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML, drone swarms, intelligent decision-making systems, sensors.

What seniority level is this role?

Palantir targets senior candidates for this position.

Is this full-time or contract?

Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems role at Palantir.

Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems at Palantir

Joblaze summary

In this role, the Senior Software Engineer focuses on creating advanced autonomous systems designed for area defense, integrating various sensors and response mechanisms to counter threats. Key skills include expertise in sensor technologies, artificial intelligence, and systems engineering, as well as experience with real-time decision-making systems. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in defense technologies and a passion for innovative problem-solving. The newly-formed team at Palantir emphasizes collaboration among experts to tackle complex challenges in security.

Joblaze insights

Listed about 5 months ago — first seen on Joblaze April 15, 2026. Last confirmed on Palantir's careers page October 11, 2026.
This exact title is also open at 3 other locations at Palantir: Washington, D.C., Palo Alto, CA, New York, NY.
AI/ML appears in 42.2% of 554 comparable senior ai/ml roles in United States.

Quick facts

What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML, drone swarms, intelligent decision-making systems, sensors.
What seniority level is this role?: Palantir targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems role at Palantir.

From the original posting

A World-Changing Company Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more. The Role We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a customer-facing product engineering team focused on developing advanced Command and Control (C2) and Agentic Autonomy Software for Autonomous Systems for use in operational and tactical missions. This role involves building, integrating, and deploying state-of-the-art software solutions that combine sensors, actuators, unmanned vehicles, and intelligent decision-making systems including self-hosted and commercial LLMs to enable users to employ and manage robotic and autonomous systems across a variety of mission sets. You will work alongside other experts in sensing, artificial intelligence, physics and simulations, user experience, and edge system engineering to build and deliver solutions that redefine complex military and civilian mission scenarios in the real world. As a part of this team, you will contribute directly to the development of cloud and edge software to command and control autonomous systems, including interfacing with onboard sensors (radar, cameras, RF, and other modalities) and real-time kinetic and non-kinetic systems for individual and swarms of systems. You will work alongside other experts in sensing, artificial intelligence, and systems engineering to shape solutions that redefine complex area defense scenarios.

Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems

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