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 (FDSE) Intern, you will work directly with customers to quickly understand their greatest problems and design and implement solutions to use data against them. You will apply your problem-solving ability, creativity, and technical skills to help organizations use their data to drive a real impact in the world.
Core Responsibilities:
- Work in small teams with minimal supervision and own end-to-end execution of high-stakes projects.
- Discuss architecture with fellow engineers, wrangle massive-scale data, code custom web apps, speak with customer executives, or establish strategy for your team.
- Take responsibility for real-world projects and outcomes that customers rely on.
Our Principles:
- Impact: We address meaningful and exciting projects that change the world for the better.
- Ownership: We see projects through from beginning to end, working through obstacles, and trust each other to handle time and priorities.
- Collaboration: We work internally and externally with customers to understand and tackle their problems.
- Growth: We encourage seeking new challenges, opportunities for growth, and finding new ways to innovate and share knowledge.
What We Value:
- Willingness and interest 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, cloud infrastructure, front-end frameworks, and other technical tools.
- Interest in working with and using large-scale data to solve valuable business problems.
What We Require:
- Willingness to undergo a US government background investigation.
- Engineering background (Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, Data Science preferred).
- Proficiency with one or more programming languages (Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar).
- Planning to graduate in 2028 (final internship before graduating).
Salary: The estimated salary range for this position is $10,000/month.