Software Engineer, New Grad

About the Role

Software Engineers at Palantir drive large-scale transformation through data, AI, and world-leading infrastructure that supports mission-critical workloads. You will have the opportunity to grow quickly as you contribute high-quality code directly to:

• Rubix and Apollo, platforms deployed at important institutions across public and private sectors.
• Shaping Mission Manager, a new internal-infrastructure business line, used by advanced civil and defense agencies worldwide to power their infrastructure in highly sensitive environments.
• Building the core capabilities used by advanced civil and defense agencies worldwide to power their infrastructure.
• Providing the substrate on which Palantir deploys its other platforms, Foundry and Gotham.

You’ll join our Production Infrastructure organization, working on teams focused on:

• Environment Platform: a Kubernetes-based PaaS spanning hundreds of production clusters.
• Apollo: secure, fleet-wide deployment and change-management for complex microservice suites.
• Signals: our full suite of observability and alerting tools.

Key Responsibilities

As a Software Engineer, you’ll own every phase of the product lifecycle, from generating ideas and designing prototypes to executing features and shipping releases, while being paired with a dedicated mentor. You’ll work with technical and non-technical colleagues to uncover customer problems and deliver solutions.

Technologies We Use

It doesn’t matter what languages you know when you join; what matters is that you can write clean, effective code and learn new languages quickly.

• A variety of languages, including Java and Go for backend and Typescript for frontend.
• Open-source technologies like Kubernetes, Cilium, Envoy, Grafana, React, and Redux.
• Industry-standard tooling, including Gradle and GitHub, and agentic tools like Windsurf & Cline.

Qualifications

• Engineering background in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, and Physics.
• Familiarity with data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, front-end frameworks, and other technical tools.
• Experience coding in programming languages, such as Java, C++, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with a variety of individuals, including engineers, users, and non-technical team members.
• Willingness to learn and make decisions independently, and the ability to ask questions effectively.
• Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance.