Palantir
Software Engineer, Internship - Infrastructure
About this role
Join Palantir's Foundations team as an Infrastructure Software Engineering Intern to build shared infrastructure supporting major data platforms. You'll work on backend services, developer tools, frontend systems, or storage technologies while growing rapidly under mentor guidance and collaborating with engineers across the organization.
What you'll do
- Build features to improve developer experience and platform scalability
- Participate in full product lifecycle from design through rollout
- Collaborate with technical and non-technical teams to solve infrastructure challenges
- Work on one of four infrastructure focus areas: backend, developer tools, frontend, or storage systems
- Contribute to codebase using modern languages and open-source technologies
- Learn and apply new technologies to solve technical problems
What they're looking for
- Software engineering fundamentals and clean code practices
- Quick language learning ability
- Problem-solving and debugging
- Java, Go, or TypeScript (preferred but not required)
- Understanding of distributed systems or databases
- Collaboration and communication
- Git and version control workflows
- Familiarity with modern build and CI/CD tools
Benefits
- Mentorship from dedicated senior engineer
- Rapid skill development and growth opportunities
- Work on impactful infrastructure used across major platforms
- Exposure to industry-standard technologies and tools
- Collaborative team environment with diverse backgrounds
- Located in Palo Alto, CA
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Palantir
Palantir builds data platforms and software solutions that help government and enterprise customers tackle complex operational challenges, with a focus on responsible AI governance and privacy. The company is hiring software engineers and interns for forward-deployed customer roles, infrastructure and platform teams, and specialized privacy and civil liberties engineering positions.
- Website
- palantir.com
Likely interview questions
- Tell us about a time you debugged a complex system or performance issue. How did you approach it?
- Describe your experience with infrastructure or DevOps projects. What was your role and impact?