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.
Key Responsibilities
- Be involved throughout the product lifecycle - from idea generation, design, and prototyping to execution and shipping.
- Collaborate closely with technical and non-technical counterparts to understand customer problems and build products that tackle them.
- Potentially gain opportunities to understand customer needs by touring an assembly line or joining an analyst at their desk.
SWE Principles
- Ownership: See projects through from beginning to end.
- Collaboration: Work with Software Engineers, Product Managers, Designers, Product Reliability Engineers, and Forward Deployed Engineers.
- Trust: Handle time and priorities effectively without micromanagement.
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.
- Software is constantly evolving, requiring engineers who can do the same.
- Current technologies used include:
- 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.
- Must be planning on graduating in 2028. This should be your final internship before graduating.
- 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 a US Security clearance.
To Apply, Please Submit
- An updated resume / CV in PDF format.
- Thoughtful responses to our application questions.
Salary: The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $10,500/month.