Software Engineer, New Grad - Production Infrastructure

About this role

Join Palantir's Production Infrastructure team as a new graduate software engineer building mission-critical platforms that power government and defense agencies. You'll own the full product lifecycle while working on Kubernetes-based systems, deployment management, and observability tools, with dedicated mentorship to accelerate your growth.

What you'll do

• Own complete product lifecycle from ideation through deployment of infrastructure features
• Contribute to Environment Platform (Kubernetes PaaS), Apollo (deployment management), or Signals (observability tools)
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and reliability engineers to solve customer problems
• Write clean, production-quality code supporting mission-critical workloads
• Partner with business teams to understand real-world deployment challenges
• Mentor and learn from experienced engineers in a collaborative environment

What they're looking for

• Software engineering fundamentals and clean code practices
• Quick language acquisition (Java, Go, TypeScript preferred but not required)
• Kubernetes or container orchestration experience
• Systems thinking and infrastructure design
• Collaboration and communication across technical and non-technical teams
• Ability to work through complex problems with persistence
• Familiarity with modern development tools and open-source technologies

Benefits

• Dedicated mentor for professional growth and skill development
• Rapid learning opportunities working on world-class infrastructure
• Direct exposure to real-world government and defense use cases
• Work with cutting-edge technologies (Kubernetes, Grafana, React, etc.)
• Collaborative culture emphasizing autonomy and trust
• Mission-driven work impacting critical operations