Software Engineer, Internship
Palantir Technologies
About the Role
Software Engineers at Palantir build software at scale to transform how organizations around the world use data. As a Software Engineer Intern, you'll contribute high-quality code directly to Palantir Gotham, Palantir Foundry, or Palantir Apollo. You'll create features used by research scientists, aerospace engineers, intelligence analysts, and economic forecasters. Palantir's Product Development organization consists of small teams of Software Engineers, each focusing on a specific aspect of a product.
Core Responsibilities
- Be involved throughout the product lifecycle: idea generation, design, prototyping, execution, and shipping.
- Collaborate closely with technical and non-technical counterparts to understand customer problems and build products to address them.
- Pair with a mentor dedicated to your growth and success.
- Potentially tour customer facilities or join analysts to understand their missions and difficulties.
SWE Principles
- Ownership: See projects through from beginning to end despite obstacles.
- Collaboration: Work internally with Software Engineers, Product Managers, Designers, and Product Reliability Engineers, and externally with Forward Deployed Engineers and Deployment Strategists.
- Trust: Effectively handle time and priorities without micromanagement, allowing space for independent thinking and team support.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- It doesn’t matter what languages you know when you join, but you must be able to write clean, effective code and learn new languages quickly.
- Our software is constantly evolving, requiring engineers who can do the same.
- Technologies We Use:
- Varying languages, including Java and Go for backend and Typescript for frontend.
- Open-source technologies like Cassandra, Spark, Elasticsearch, React, and Redux.
- Industry-standard build tooling, including Gradle and GitHub.
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 when needed.
- Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain one.
- Must be planning on graduating in 2028. This should be your final internship before graduating.
To Apply
- An updated resume / CV in PDF format.
- Thoughtful responses to application questions.
Estimated salary range: $10,500/month. Total compensation determined by qualifications, experience, and skills.