What Hiring Managers value — and how they’ve built their careers at PalantirEditor’s Note: Technical Recruiter Rachel Vogel speaks with Hiring Managers to learn more about their career journeys and life at Palantir.Are you eager to join Palantir’s Early Talent program? Our Early Talent program focuses on engineering hiring for new grad roles and internships. In this blog post, we shine a spotlight on the amazing individuals who oversee the hiring process and give you a glimpse into their lives at Palantir. Get to know these accomplished professionals as they share their personal journeys,…
There’s a common saying that life is a series of opening and closing doors. When you graduate college, you’re handed a master key that unlocks countless doors in your path. This is a pivotal time – that first door you choose to walk through sets the foundation for the rest of your career. Two years... Read more
Engineering at Wealthfront is centered on the idea that code should be written to facilitate testing, not the other way around. Without a staging environment to fall back on, we maximize confidence through a sophisticated, multi-layered testing strategy. While unit tests provide our most rigorous line of defense, our Integration Server is the workhorse that... Read more
Kenza Boulisfane, Software Engineer at Thumbtack, works at the intersection of data, AI, and real business impact. In this Q&A, she shares how she’s building an AI-powered Marketing Analytics Agent designed to make complex marketing data accessible to everyone. She also reflects on team culture, technical challenges, and why diverse perspectives make engineering stronger.What are you currently working on?I’m working on building a Marketing Analytics Agent. It’s an AI-powered marketing expert that provides companywide support, regardless of technical background. The idea is simple: marketing…
Every iOS application starts as a monolith. Xcode’s default project structure places all source files, resources, and build configuration into a single module (or target, for all the iOS devs reading this). For small apps, this works fine. For a 10+ year old financial application with roughly 2,000 Swift and a handful of Objective-C files,... Read more
A Q&A with Brett Shouse, Senior Software Engineer.As an engineer, what drew you to Thumbtack?I joined Thumbtack in March of 2025, and from day one it’s felt like the right place to grow, build, and make a real impact. I was ready for a fresh challenge and wanted to help evolve a business that truly aligned with my values.I took a very intentional approach to my search. I reviewed the career sites of 106 companies to deeply understand their cultures, and from that process I applied and interviewed with four outstanding organizations. Each had strong teams and compelling missions, but Thumbtack…
We are Carme and Mila, both software engineers at FreeAgent, where we collaborate as mentee and mentor. In this blog we interview each other about our mentoring relationship. We’re hoping that our experience is universal and sharing our insights will be useful to anyone who is interested in mentoring. If you like what you read, […]
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