# Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - Defense Tech

**Company**: Palantir
**Location**: Washington, D.C.
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: internship
**Salary**: $10,000/month
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Palantir builds the world's leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. As a Forward Deployed Software Engineer (FDSE) Intern, you will work directly with defense customers to plan and execute operations, understand their personnel and equipment footprint, and communicate in real-time with mission partners and legacy systems.

Core Responsibilities:

- Work in small teams with minimal supervision and own end-to-end execution of high-stakes projects

- Support work focusing on delivering Palantir Defense capabilities to critical mission partners

- Discuss architecture with fellow engineers, wrangle massive-scale data, code custom web apps, speak with customer contacts, or establish strategy for your team

- Take responsibility for real-world projects and outcomes that customers rely on

Our Principles:

- Impact: Address meaningful projects that change the world for the better

- Ownership: See projects through from beginning to end, working through obstacles

- Collaboration: Work internally and externally with customers to understand and tackle problems

- Growth: Encourage seeking new challenges and opportunities for growth

What We Value:

- Willingness to travel as needed to client sites (25-50% preferred)

- Ability to continuously learn, work independently, and make decisions with minimal direction

- Collaboration in teams of technical and non-technical individuals

- Eagerness to creatively solve technical problems with data structures, storage systems, and technical tools

- Interest in working with large-scale data to solve valuable business problems

What We Require:

- Active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain one

- Engineering background (Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, Data Science)

- Proficiency with one or more programming languages (Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript)

- Planning to graduate in 2028 (final internship before graduating)

Salary: The estimated salary range for this position is $10,000/month.

## Skills

### Required
- programming languages (Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript)
- engineering background
- US Security clearance

### Nice to have
- data structures
- storage systems
- cloud infrastructure
- front-end frameworks

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