Software Engineer, New Grad, Defense

About the Role

Software Engineers at Palantir build software at scale to transform how organizations around the world use data. In this role, you’ll have an opportunity to grow more quickly than you ever envisioned as you contribute high-quality code directly to Palantir Gotham. You'll create features used by research scientists, aerospace engineers, intelligence analysts, and economic forecasters in countries around the world. Palantir's Product Development organization is made up of small teams of Software Engineers, each focusing on a specific aspect of a product. Teams encourage communication and collaboration to share context, skills, and experience.

Core Responsibilities

As a Software Engineer, you are involved throughout the product lifecycle—from idea generation, design, and prototyping, to execution and shipping. You will be paired with a mentor dedicated to your growth and success. You'll collaborate closely with technical and non-technical counterparts to understand our customers' problems and build products that tackle them. You may have opportunities to meet customers to understand their mission and difficulties.

SWE Principles

• Ownership: See projects through from beginning to end despite 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, with space to think independently while feeling supported.

Technologies We Use

It doesn’t matter what languages you know when you join; what matters is your ability to write clean, effective code and learn new languages quickly.

Currently, we use:

• A variety of 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 engineers, users, and non-technical team members.
• Willingness to learn and make decisions independently, and the ability to ask questions effectively.

What We Require

• Active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance.
• 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.

To Apply

• An updated resume / CV in PDF format.
• Thoughtful responses to application questions.