Software Engineer, Internship - Sovereign AI Systems
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Description
A World-Changing Company
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.
The Role
As a Software Engineer Intern on Sovereign AI Infrastructure, you will help build the systems that make AI agents useful, reliable, and governable in high-stakes operational environments.
This is not a research-only internship. You’ll own a project with hands-on mentorship from experienced engineers, contributing to the systems that make production AI useful and trustworthy. That may mean working directly on agentic workflows, or on the layers they depend on: customer ontologies, context assembly, tool interfaces, agent identity or permissions, evaluations, and the core workflows that turn model outputs into real operational decisions.
We are looking for interns with strong coding fundamentals and experience with AI systems. You should be excited to learn quickly, communicate clearly, and build systems where correctness, reliability, and customer trust matter.
This is not a research-only internship. You’ll own a project with hands-on mentorship from experienced engineers, contributing to the systems that make production AI useful and trustworthy. That may mean working directly on agentic workflows, or on the layers they depend on: customer ontologies, context assembly, tool interfaces, agent identity or permissions, evaluations, and the core workflows that turn model outputs into real operational decisions.
We are looking for interns with strong coding fundamentals and experience with AI systems. You should be excited to learn quickly, communicate clearly, and build systems where correctness, reliability, and customer trust matter.
Core Responsibilities (may include)
- Build production software that improves how Palantir deploys, operates, evaluates, or monitors AI systems in customer-controlled environments.
- Contribute to infrastructure for agentic workflows, including tool use, context assembly, permissions, execution safety, observability, and debugging.
- Design and implement services, APIs, test harnesses, evaluation pipelines, or developer tools that make AI systems easier to operate.
- Work with engineers, product teams, and customer-facing teams to understand real operational problems and turn them into durable software.
- Debug issues across services, deployment systems, logs, configuration, permissions, and product behaviour.
- Write clear, maintainable code and participate in code review with a high bar for quality.
- Communicate your design decisions, tradeoffs, and results clearly to teammates.
What We Value
- Strong coding fundamentals and the ability to learn new languages and systems quickly.
- Curiosity about how AI systems work in production, especially agentic systems that use tools, retrieve context, and interact with real workflows.
- Clear written and verbal communication.
- Grit & Ownership mindset: you care about getting the details right and seeing your work through.
- Ability to collaborate with people across engineering, product, and customer-facing teams.
- Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance, is beneficial but not required.
What We Require
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or a similar technical field.
- Demonstrated interest in AI systems, agentic applications.
- Experience coding in programming languages such as Java, Python, C++, Go, Rust, JavaScript, or similar.
- Familiarity with data structures, algorithms, systems programming, backend services, cloud infrastructure, or distributed systems.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work full-time for the duration of the internship.
To apply, please submit the following:
- An updated resume / CV - please do so in PDF format.
- Thoughtful responses to our application questions.
Life at Palantir
We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that’s why we celebrate individuals’ strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your longterm growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians’ lives is just one of the ways we’re investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.
In keeping consistent with Palantir’s values and culture, we believe employees are “better together” and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore, we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week), allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity. Based on business need, there are a few roles that allow for “Remote” work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the state in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.
If you want to empower the world's most important institutions, you belong here. Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer for all, including but not limited to Veterans and those with disabilities. Palantir is committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process, please reach out and let us know how we can help.
Please note that you will never be asked to submit a payment or share financial information to participate in our interview process. If you suspect that you've been contacted by a scammer, we recommend you cease all communication with the individual and consider reporting them to the relevant authorities, such as the US FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).
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Skills
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Basics
Resume/CV, Full name, Email, Phone, Current location, Current company, LinkedIn URL, GitHub URL, Portfolio URL
Short answers (3)
- Preferred Name | What would you like us to call you? optional
- Name Pronunciation | How do you pronounce your name? optional
- What is your anticipated start date? (Month/Year) optional
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- Language Skill(s) (Check all that apply) optional
- Do you have any, or anticipate any upcoming offer deadlines?
- If so, what are the dates? optional
- Will this be your final internship before graduating?
- Are you legally authorized to work in the country for which you are applying?
- Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B, etc.)?
- Year of High School Graduation optional
- Which university are you currently attending or did you last attend? Please select "Other (School Not Listed)" if your school is not listed. optional
- Please include your intended graduation year for the degree or relevant learning program that you are currently pursuing or have completed. optional
- Please tell us how you heard about this internship opportunity. optional
- As part of our interview process, we may use AI notetakers to transcribe conversations for accuracy and efficiency. Please see our candidate privacy policy for more information on how we process your data. Your decision to opt in or out of this tooling will not impact your candidacy.
Written answers (6)
- High School Name
- If Palantir didn't exist, what kind of company or work would you be most excited and interested in working at/on? (Approx. 200 words)
- What is the hardest technical challenge you've faced as part of work experience or a personal project? (Approx. 200 words)
- Tell us one thing that’s not on your resume that you’re proud of.
- At Palantir we have two main Software Engineering roles: Forward Deployed Software Engineer and Software Engineer. Which of these roles resonates the most with your job search and why? More details found here:
- Why are you interested in working on AI Systems?
