Palantir
Software Engineer, New Grad - Production Infrastructure
About this role
Join Palantir's Production Infrastructure team as a new grad software engineer working on mission-critical platforms that power government and defense agencies. You'll own the full product lifecycle while building scalable infrastructure systems like Kubernetes-based platforms, deployment tools, and observability solutions alongside a dedicated mentor.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain core infrastructure platforms including Environment Platform, Apollo deployment system, and Signals observability tools
- Own projects from design through execution, shipping features and releases with full lifecycle accountability
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and forward-deployed engineers to understand and solve real customer problems
- Write clean, high-quality code across multiple languages and technologies
- Engage directly with customers at military exercises and partner sites to validate solutions
- Contribute to Palantir's Foundry and Gotham platforms supporting research scientists and intelligence analysts
What they're looking for
- Software engineering fundamentals and clean code practices
- Backend development (Java or Go)
- Frontend development (TypeScript, React)
- Kubernetes and container orchestration
- Microservices architecture
- Observability and monitoring tools
- Quick language and technology learning ability
- Cross-functional collaboration
Benefits
- Dedicated mentor for professional growth and development
- Opportunity to work on mission-critical systems for major government and defense institutions
- Exposure to cutting-edge infrastructure technologies and open-source tools
- Collaborative culture emphasizing ownership, trust, and autonomy
- Firsthand customer engagement and real-world impact visibility
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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
- Walk us through a time you owned a project from start to finish. What obstacles did you encounter, and how did you push through them?
- Tell us about your experience (if any) with Kubernetes, containerization, or distributed systems. If you haven't worked with these, how would you approach learning them quickly?