Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - Commercial
About The Position
The Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) role at Palantir is a unique position where engineers are embedded directly with customers to address their most critical challenges. FDEs operate at the intersection of significant problems and advanced technology, shaping solutions in real-world environments. This role requires a deep commitment to customer outcomes, embedding within customer realities to solve complex problems. FDEs are expected to go beyond existing product capabilities, adapt to diverse situations from hospital beds to factory floors, and use technical expertise, creativity, and problem-solving skills to drive impact. The work involves deploying software and AI in high-stakes operations, requiring a commitment to truth-seeking and prioritizing real outcomes. FDEs work in small, high-trust teams, owning projects end-to-end, from initial customer engagement to delivering impactful products. They collaborate on architecture and design, handle massive datasets, build custom applications and LLM workflows, and manage stakeholder relationships from users to executives. New graduates in this role are given significant responsibility from day one, without a ticket queue, and are directly exposed to customers, challenges, and consequences, operating with autonomy and a high standard regardless of tenure.
Requirements
- Engineering degree, preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science.
- Proficiency with one or more programming languages, such as Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar.
- Must be graduating in December 2026 or Spring 2027.
Nice To Haves
- Going where you’re needed most — Embed where and when it matters. Expect 25–50% travel, depending on team and location.
- Agency — You learn continuously, make decisions with incomplete information, and don't wait to be told what to do next.
- Embracing the ambiguity — You operate effectively in teams that mix technical and non-technical people, in environments where the objectives shift, the users push back, and the solution demands iteration.
- Intrinsic motivations — You solve hard technical problems (data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, front-end frameworks) not because you were assigned to, but because that's what it takes to achieve your outcomes.
- Ruthless goal orientation — You do not operate within a product’s existing boundaries and limitations. You push past them, rewrite them, or discard them entirely.
Responsibilities
- Solve mission-critical problems by deploying software and AI into the high stakes operations of the world’s leading institutions.
- Collaborate with engineers to make architecture and design decisions.
- Wrestle with data at a scale that breaks assumptions and demands invention.
- Build custom applications, LLM workflows, and production solutions engineered for a specific customer's reality.
- Own relationships with stakeholders from the users in the weeds to the executives making the calls.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Voluntary life insurance
- Palantir’s basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Relocation assistance
- Take what you need paid time off
- 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year
- 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
- Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events
- Paid leave for new parents
- Subsidized back-up care for all parents
- Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
- Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
- Palantir’s 401k plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
