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Contribute production-quality code to Palantir products (Gotham, Foundry, Apollo) across the full product lifecycle. Collaborate with engineers, PMs, designers, and users; prototype, implement, and ship features. Learn on the job with mentorship and opportunities to engage directly with customers to understand real-world use cases.

Join Palantir Production Infrastructure to build and operate large-scale platforms (Rubix, Apollo) and core deployment, observability, and Kubernetes-based PaaS tooling. Own full product lifecycle, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and deploy software supporting civil and defense customers while learning from a paired mentor.

Develop and ship production-quality software for Palantir's Gotham defense product. Work across the product lifecycle on features like geospatial tools and release infrastructure, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and be mentored while contributing code and prototypes to mission-critical systems.

Build and ship scalable software for Palantir Gotham across the full product lifecycle. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, work directly with users to understand problems, and contribute high-quality code while paired with a mentor. May involve field visits to customers to learn mission needs.

Interns contribute production infrastructure code across deployment, observability, and environment platforms (Kubernetes PaaS, Apollo, Rubix). Paired with a mentor, they design, implement, and ship features, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and may observe field deployments with government or defense partners.

Forward Deployed Engineers deploy Palantir Foundry software, build production-grade applications and data pipelines, synthesize structured and unstructured data, and develop actionable workflows for federal clients. They collaborate with engineers, program managers, domain experts, and client teams to define requirements, rapidly prototype solutions, iterate, and deliver measurable operational impact. The role requires programming proficiency, machine learning knowledge, independent ownership, client engagement, travel, U.S. citizenship, and eligibility for federal security clearance.

Build accessible, responsive web and mobile products using JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks. Translate designs and requirements into reusable components, integrate APIs and back-end services, maintain design systems, and support testing, CI/CD, debugging, security, performance, and releases. Collaborate with product, design, quality, platform, security, and client teams. More experienced engineers may lead features, mentor colleagues, and influence technical architecture and standards.

Designs, develops, tests, and maintains enterprise application services, APIs, business logic, data-access layers, and integrations. The role includes modernizing legacy systems, building automated tests, participating in CI/CD and code reviews, resolving production issues, and applying secure coding and observability practices. Engineers collaborate with product, cloud, quality, architecture, security, and client teams, with opportunities to lead complex services, establish technical patterns, mentor engineers, and influence modernization decisions.

Own the architecture, governance, reliability, security, and delivery standards for the company’s Azure and Microsoft 365 platform. Lead and mentor DevOps engineers, establish infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD practices, implement identity and networking controls, automate compliance evidence, manage observability and incident processes, reduce technical debt, and serve as the senior escalation point for complex platform issues. The role also manages Microsoft and vendor relationships and communicates platform risks and decisions to executives and cross-functional stakeholders.

Deploy and operationalize Dynamo's AI assurance platform for public sector customers. Responsibilities include writing code, building integrations, creating prototypes and demos, supporting cloud, hybrid, on-premises, and air-gapped deployments, troubleshooting complex implementations, and translating customer mission needs into solution architectures. The role requires close collaboration with customer engineering, security, product, and government stakeholders, with regular on-site engagement and up to 50% travel.

Build, operate, and maintain scalable, reliable infrastructure for Palantir platforms. Deploy products, troubleshoot production issues, automate manual operations, participate in on-call support, and develop solutions on Foundry and Apollo using modern languages and observability tools.

The role involves leading complex deployments of Deepgram's Voice AI platform for federal customers, managing the full technical lifecycle from discovery to production. Responsibilities include technical delivery, customer integration, and contributing to product development based on field feedback.

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll collaborate with clients to architect and develop Mixed Reality applications, utilizing advanced AI to solve complex business challenges, while engaging directly with user needs and project execution.

As a Forward Deployed Software Engineer, you will collaborate with customers to design and implement data solutions, managing projects end-to-end in a dynamic environment while applying strong engineering skills and creativity.

The Forward Deployed Software Engineer works with customers to design and implement technical solutions using data, addressing complex problems and driving impactful outcomes.

Forward Deployed Software Engineers at Palantir design and implement technical solutions for clients, addressing complex data-driven challenges while collaborating closely with users and continuously iterating on their solutions.

Forward Deployed Software Engineers design and implement solutions using Palantir's software to address critical customer problems across various industries, requiring strong engineering skills and collaboration.

Forward Deployed Software Engineers design end-to-end solutions to customer problems, utilizing Palantir technology and open-source tools, and driving technical outcomes through collaboration and autonomous decision-making.

Backend Software Engineers design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend services, optimize applications, and build robust APIs while collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve user workflows.

As a Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer, you will build, operate, and maintain scalable services, develop software solutions, automate workflows, and provide support for critical government software systems.

Develop and deploy advanced autonomous systems integrating sensors and AI for military and commercial applications. Responsibilities include software development, integration, and system maintenance.

As a Forward Deployed Software Engineer, you will solve critical problems in federal health and civilian agencies, managing high-stakes projects with a strong focus on engineering principles and collaboration with customers.

Interns build software solutions and influence critical industries using AI, working closely with customers to solve complex problems.

The Site Reliability Engineer will maintain high-performance cloud and on-premises services, automate tasks, troubleshoot production issues, and collaborate with product teams.

The DevOps Engineer will enhance internal compute infrastructure, collaborate on technology integration, manage critical systems, and research improvements.