# Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad

**Company:** [Palantir](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/palantir)
**Location:** New York, NY, Chicago, IL
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Experience:** 0+ years
**Skills:** Python, Java, C++, TypeScript, JavaScript, LLMs, Data Structures, Cloud Infrastructure, Front-End Frameworks
**Posted:** 2025-06-13

> New grad Forward Deployed Engineers embed directly with customers to deploy custom software, AI, and LLM solutions for mission-critical problems. Requires strong programming skills, customer-facing ownership, 25-50% travel, and graduating Dec 2026/Spring 2027.

## Job Description

## Core Responsibilities
- Solve mission-critical problems by deploying software and AI into high-stakes operations of leading institutions.
- Work in small, high-trust teams and own projects end-to-end, from initial customer conversations to shipping production solutions.
- Collaborate with engineers on architecture and design decisions.
- Wrestle with data at massive scale, requiring invention and breaking assumptions.
- Build custom applications, LLM workflows, and production solutions tailored to specific customer needs.
- Own relationships with stakeholders ranging from end users to executives.
- Embed directly with customers, including 25-50% travel depending on team and location.
- Operate with autonomy, make decisions with incomplete information, and drive real outcomes without being shielded from chaos or consequences.

## What We Value
- Drive to solve customer problems by going where needed most.
- Continuous learning, agency, and proactive decision-making.
- Comfort with ambiguity in mixed technical/non-technical teams where objectives shift.
- Intrinsic motivation to solve hard technical problems (data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, front-end frameworks) to achieve outcomes.
- Ruthless goal orientation that pushes past, rewrites, or discards product boundaries and limitations.

## Requirements
- Engineering degree preferred (Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, Data Science).
- Proficiency with one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar.
- Must be graduating in December 2026 or Spring 2027.
- Submit updated PDF resume/CV and thoughtful responses to application questions.

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