Software Engineer, Internship - Sovereign AI Systems

Palantir Technologies • New York, NY

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About The Position

Palantir is hiring a Software Engineer Intern for Sovereign AI Infrastructure. The intern will help build systems that make AI agents useful, reliable, and governable in high-stakes operational environments. This is a hands-on engineering internship, not a research-only role. The intern will own a project with mentorship from experienced engineers and contribute to production AI systems, potentially working on agentic workflows or supporting layers such as customer ontologies, context assembly, tool interfaces, agent identity and permissions, evaluations, and workflows that turn model outputs into operational decisions.

The role involves building and improving AI deployment, operations, evaluation, and monitoring systems in customer-controlled environments. The intern will collaborate with engineers, product teams, and customer-facing teams to understand operational needs and develop durable software. Palantir values strong coding fundamentals, curiosity about production AI systems, clear communication, ownership, and attention to correctness, reliability, and customer trust.

The internship requires the ability to work full-time for its duration. The estimated salary is $10,500 per month. Palantir encourages in-office work, while some teams offer hybrid options; exceptional remote arrangements may be available for some roles. This posting does not specify the work arrangement for this position.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

• Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance, is beneficial but not required.

Responsibilities

• 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 operational problems and turn them into durable software.
• Debug issues across services, deployment systems, logs, configuration, permissions, and product behavior.
• Write clear, maintainable code and participate in code review with a high bar for quality.
• Communicate design decisions, tradeoffs, and results clearly to teammates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern