Software Engineer, Internship

Core Responsibilities

• Contribute high-quality code to Palantir Gotham, Foundry, or Apollo products.
• Participate throughout the product lifecycle: idea generation, design, prototyping, execution, and shipping.
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical counterparts to understand customer problems and build solutions.
• Meet with users (e.g., tour assembly lines or observe analysts) to understand their missions and challenges.
• Work in small teams on specific product aspects such as front-end applications or release infrastructure.
• Practice ownership by seeing projects through from beginning to end.
• Collaborate with Software Engineers, Product Managers, Designers, Product Reliability Engineers, Forward Deployed Engineers, and Deployment Strategists.
• Communicate and collaborate with engineers, users, and non-technical team members.
• Learn new languages and technologies quickly; apply the best technology to solve problems.

Technologies We Use

• Backend: Java, Go
• Frontend: TypeScript, React, Redux
• Databases and processing: Cassandra, Spark, Elasticsearch
• Build tooling: Gradle, GitHub

What We Value

• Ability to communicate and collaborate with diverse individuals.
• Willingness to learn, make independent decisions, and ask questions when needed.
• Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain one.

What We Require

• Engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or related fields.
• Familiarity with data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, front-end frameworks, and other technical tools.
• Experience coding in languages such as Java, C++, Python, JavaScript, or similar.
• Must be planning to graduate in 2028 (final internship before graduation).