Software Engineer, Internship - Defense Tech Job at Palantir Technologies (Palo Alto)

Software Engineer, Internship - Defense Tech

Palantir Technologies

Location:
United States , Palo Alto

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

10500.00 USD / Month

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Job Description:

Software Engineers at Palantir build software at scale to transform how organizations around the world use data. As a Defense Tech Software Engineer Intern, you’ll have an opportunity to grow more quickly than you ever envisioned, as you contribute high-quality code directly to Palantir's Gotham product. Palantir's defense product vertical builds mission-critical products for the modern warfighter, enabling them to securely integrate and visualize their data, perform rich analyses, and build sophisticated, full-fledged programs such as common operating pictures, alert-triaging inboxes, and resource allocation planning tools driven by rich-ML models. Our customers use our defense offering to drive core operations within their organizations - these programs are relied upon for daily operations in the command centers and battlefronts of militaries across the world.

Job Responsibility:

Ownership: We see projects through from beginning to end in spite of obstacles we may encounter
Collaboration: We work internally with people from a variety of backgrounds — such as other Software Engineers, Product Managers, Designers and Product Reliability Engineers. We also partner with our business development teams (Forward Deployed Engineers, Deployment Strategists) in order to understand and solve our customers' problems
Trust: We trust each other to effectively handle time and priorities, and don't micromanage. We want people to have the space to think for themselves, while feeling supported by their team

Requirements:

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
Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance prior to start of internship
Experience coding in programming languages, such as Java, C++, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages
Must be planning on graduating in 2027. This should be your final internship before graduating

Nice to have:

Ability to communicate and collaborate with a variety of individuals, including engineers, users and non-technical team members
Willingness to learn and make decisions independently, and the ability to ask questions when needed

What we offer:

Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians’ lives is just one of the ways we’re investing in our community

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 18, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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