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Palantir

Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - Commercial

Palantir
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hybrid entry full-time $135,000 - $145,000/year Chicago, IL

First indexed 30 Jun 2026

Description

Palantir builds the world's leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.

As a Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - Commercial, you will be part of a team that embeds engineers directly with customers to tackle their most pressing challenges head-on. You will use your technical expertise, creativity, and problem-solving skills to drive real-world impact.

Core Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with engineers to make architecture and design decisions
  • Wrestle with data at a scale that breaks assumptions and demands invention
  • Build custom applications, LLM workflows, and production solutions engineered for a specific customer's reality
  • Own relationships with stakeholders from the users in the weeds to the executives making the calls

What We Value:

  • Drive to solve customer's problems
  • Agency and autonomy
  • Embracing ambiguity
  • Intrinsic motivations
  • Ruthless goal orientation

What We Require:

  • Engineering degree in fields such as Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science
  • Proficiency with one or more programming languages, such as Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript
  • Must be graduating in December 2026 or Spring 2027

Benefits:

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Commuter benefits
  • Relocation assistance
  • Take what you need paid time off
  • 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year
  • 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
  • Supportive leave of absence program
  • Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents
  • Fertility and family building benefits
  • Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
  • 401k plan
This listing is enriched and indexed by YubHub. To apply, use the employer's original posting: https://jobs.lever.co/palantir/e500bcf3-19d8-4d3c-b340-4d76e4a55b40