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Palantir Technologies
Date Posted: January 11, 2013Application Deadline: February 15, 2013
Contact Information: Jacqueline Coverick, Career Advancement, The University of Chicago, coverick@uchicago.edu
Description:
Product Quality Engineer
Palo Alto, CA
Palantir Product Quality Engineers work on cross-functional product teams to ensure a successful, high quality product release. We are looking for energetic, highly motivated, and detail-oriented engineers with strong software skills to fill this role. As a Product Quality Engineer at Palantir, you will play a critical role in defining Palantir’s world-class information analysis platform. You will accomplish this by drawing on your superb engineering ability to solve complex software problems. You will figure out how to assess the front end architecture of each release of Palantir’s platform to ensure that it operates flawlessly. You will be responsible for designing software tests based both on expected uses and functional requirements; validating functionality; finding, filing, verifying, and solving issues and defects; and providing extensive input on the software development process with a particular focus on the customer perspective. This is an opportunity to join a fast growing start-up and be a critical member on cross-functional product teams building disruptive technology.
Responsibilities:
* Review preliminary spec designs
* Architect testing methodologies to assess Palantir’s information analysis platform
* Design test plans for exercising complex systems
* Visit customers to attain better product knowledge
* Survey customers during training in order to understand product better
* Provide usability feedback from customer personas
* Be responsible for the end-to-end quality of the product
Requirements:
* BS in Engineering/CS, Information Systems, or equivalent
* Firm grasp of front end quality assurance methodologies
* Ability to think creatively to define product and customer needs
* Experience solving complex software problems
* Ability to work in a fast moving environment with quick turnaround objectives
* Excellent teamwork and independent decision making skills
* Excellent analytical thinking skills and attention to detail
* Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
* Excellent written and verbal communications skills
* Ability to debug (isolate exceptions) and triage engineering issues
Applicants can apply through the Palantir website: http://www.palantir.com/
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