Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad
FDE Times
About the Role
Palantir builds software for data-driven decisions and operations, empowering partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.
The Warp Speed role revitalizes the American Industrial Base. Forward Deployed Software Engineers (FDSEs) on Warp Speed work directly with customers from the factory floor to the board room to understand their greatest problems and design and implement solutions using data. As an FDSE, you'll apply your problem-solving ability, creativity, and technical skills to help organizations use their data to drive real impact. You'll gain insight into and contribute to important industries and institutions globally.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborating with fellow engineers on architecture and design decisions.
- Wrangling massive-scale data and using AI to accelerate and enhance critical operations.
- Developing custom applications tailored to customer needs.
- Engaging directly with customer stakeholders, from technical teams to executives.
- Shaping team strategy and driving projects from ideation to deployment.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- U.S. Person Required.
- Must be graduating in December 2026 or Spring 2027.
- Strong engineering background, preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science.
- Strong coder with shown proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar.
- Ability and interest to travel up to 25%, as needed to client sites.
Qualifications
- A highly analytical approach and eagerness to solve technical problems with data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, front-end frameworks, and other technical tools.
- Experience or curiosity about working with and using large scale data to take on valuable business problems.
- Ability to collaborate efficiently in teams of technical and non-technical individuals, and comfortable working in a dynamic environment with evolving objectives and iteration with users.