Software Engineer, Internship

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 - from idea generation, design, and prototyping to execution and shipping.
• Be paired with a mentor dedicated to your growth and success.
• Collaborate closely with technical and non-technical counterparts to understand customer problems and build products that tackle them.
• Gain opportunities to understand user needs by meeting them and observing their work environments.

SWE Principles

• Ownership: See projects through from beginning to end, in spite of obstacles.
• Collaboration: Work internally with engineers, product managers, designers, and product reliability engineers. Partner with business development teams to understand and solve customer problems.
• Trust: Trust each other to effectively handle time and priorities, and provide space for independent thinking while feeling supported.

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.

What We Value

• 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.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• 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.

To Apply, Please Submit

• An updated resume / CV - please do so in PDF format.
• Thoughtful responses to our application questions.