Software Engineer, Internship, Defense Tech
Palantir Technologies
About the Role
Palantir builds software for data-driven decisions and operations, empowering partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, and more. As a Defense Tech Software Engineer Intern, you will contribute high-quality code to Palantir's Gotham product. This role focuses on building mission-critical products for the modern warfighter, enabling secure data integration, visualization, and sophisticated program development using ML models.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the delivery of Palantir Defense capabilities to critical mission partners.
- Participate 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 solutions.
- Contribute directly to Palantir's Gotham product.
SWE Principles
- Ownership: See projects through from beginning to end.
- Collaboration: Work with Software Engineers, Product Managers, Designers, Product Reliability Engineers, and business development teams.
- Trust: Handle time and priorities effectively, with space for independent thinking and team support.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Ability to write clean, effective code and learn new languages quickly.
- Willingness to learn and make decisions independently, with the ability to ask questions when needed.
- Varying languages, including Java and Go for backend and Typescript for frontend.
- Open-source technologies such as 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.
- Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain one prior to the internship start.
- Experience coding in programming languages such as Java, C++, Python, JavaScript, or similar.
- Planning to graduate in 2028, this should be your final internship before graduation.