Application Security Engineer

Application Security Engineer 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 of an Application Security Engineer at Palantir involves a wide range of responsibilities: Perform full-scope security reviews of our current and future product and service portfolio. Be the security subject matter expert for product architects and engineers. Own transformational security initiatives that impact the whole company. Identify and resolve security vulnerabilities in our products. This role has wide-reaching impact, strong autonomy, and the resources and empowerment to make significant security improvements across all Palantir. Core Responsibilities Perform deep architecture and security reviews on highly complex products to identify vulnerabilities. Lead engineering teams in feature design, threat modeling, and security-critical code and architecture. Develop and implement automation to eliminate entire classes of weaknesses across the organization. Drive decision-making by determining the tradeoffs between security and product design. Lead implementation of strategic security initiatives that improve security across Palantir. What We Value Self-motivated, experience in solving complex problems. History and experience designing and shipping production-ready software. Strong communication and collaboration skills. Ability to learn and apply new technologies quickly. What We Require Development or software engineering experience and a deep passion for information security. Experience with a modern high-level programming language. Demonstrated experience evaluating code for vulnerabilities. Experience with complex architectures and codebases. Experience utilizing/with CodeQL or other static code analysis platforms. Experience performing black-box testing of web applications. The estimated salary range for this position is $135,000 - $200,000/year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus, and other potential future incentives. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individual's relevant qualifications, work experience, skills, and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any potential sign-on bonus; the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any long-term incentives. Our benefits aim to promote health and wellbeing across all areas of Palantirians' lives. We work to continuously improve our offerings and listen to our community as we design and update them. The list below details our available benefits and some of the perks that can be enjoyed as an employee of Palantir Technologies. Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance. Employees are automatically covered by Palantir's basic life, AD&D and disability insurance. Commuter benefits, relocation assistance, take what you need paid time off, not accrual based, 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year, 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year, supportive leave of absence program, paid leave for new parents, fertility and family building benefits, stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child, and employees can enroll in Palantir's 401k plan. We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that's why we celebrate individuals' strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your longterm growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians' lives is just one of the ways we're investing in our community. In keeping consistent with Palantir's values and culture, we believe employees are "better together" and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore, we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week), allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity. Based on business need, there are a few roles that allow for "Remote" work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the state in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office. Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer for all, including but not limited to Veterans and those with disabilities. Palantir is committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process, please reach out and let us know how we can help.

Created: 2026-03-05