Software Engineer, Internship - Sovereign AI Systems

The role

You will help build systems that make AI agents useful, reliable, and governable in high-stakes operational environments. You will own a project with hands-on mentorship from experienced engineers.

What you will do

• 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.

Required qualifications

• 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 and 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.
• 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.
• Grit and 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.
• Ability to work full-time for the duration of the internship.

Benefits

• Mentorship from experienced engineers.
• Support for health and well-being across all areas of life; offerings may vary by region.

Before you apply

• Active US Security clearance is beneficial but not required; eligibility and willingness to obtain one is also accepted.
• Application requires an updated resume or CV in PDF format and thoughtful responses to application questions.
• Palantir will never ask you to submit a payment or share financial information during the interview process.

About the company

Palantir builds software for data-driven decisions and operations, helping partners develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, and locate missing children. The company describes itself as an Equal Opportunity Employer.