Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - France

The role

You will work directly with customers to understand their hardest problems and design and build data-driven solutions. You will work in small teams with minimal supervision and own high-stakes projects end to end. The role is a 12-month fellowship.

What you will do

• Work directly with customers to understand their greatest problems
• Design and implement solutions that use data to address those problems
• Own end-to-end execution of high-stakes projects
• Discuss architecture with engineers, wrangle large-scale data, and code custom web apps
• Speak with customer executives and help set team strategy

Required qualifications

• Currently enrolled as a 2nd or 3rd year student at a leading Grande École, or recently graduated
• Fluent in English
• Available to relocate to New York City for 6-12 months starting October 2026
• Cannot be enrolled in university classes during the internship period
• Engineering background, such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics or Data Science
• Proficiency with one or more programming languages, such as Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript or similar

Benefits

• Treated like a full-time engineer with significant freedom and ownership
• Mentorship and resources of an established tech company
• Programming curated to fuel growth and criticality
• Health and well-being offerings, varying by region

Before you apply

• Open only to students and recent graduates of the French Grandes Écoles
• Must be available to relocate to New York City

About the company

Palantir builds software for data-driven decisions and operations used by partners in areas such as drug development, supply chain forecasting and locating missing children. The company has long hired top Grandes Écoles engineering students and graduates.