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Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship – Defense Tech

Washington, D.C.
Full Time On-site
A World-Changing Company
 
Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.

The Role
 
Forward Deployed Software Engineers (FDSEs) work directly with customers to quickly understand their greatest problems and design and implement solutions to use data against them. Our customers rely on Palantir’s platforms for some of their most critical operations. As an FDSE working in our defense business, you will help defense customers plan and execute operations, understand their personnel and equipment footprint, and communicate in real-time with mission partners and legacy systems. You’ll have the opportunity to gain rare insight into and contribute to some of the world’s most critical challenges.
 
Core Responsibilities
 
As an FDSE Intern, your responsibilities look similar to those at a small startup, with the resources, stability and mentorship of an established tech company: You’ll work in small teams with minimal supervision and own end-to-end execution of high stakes projects. As an FDSE Defense Tech Intern, you will be supporting work specifically focusing on delivering our Palantir Defense capabilities to our most critical mission partners. Your day might span discussing architecture with fellow engineers, wrangling massive-scale data, coding a custom web app, speaking with customer contacts, or establishing strategy for your team.
 
FDSE Defense Tech Interns are treated just like full time engineers, with significant freedom and ownership over their work. Interns take responsibility for real world projects and outcomes that our customers rely on.
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About Palantir

Palantir

Palantir Technologies is a leading software company specializing in data integration, artificial intelligence, and decision-making platforms used across defense, intelligence, and commercial sectors. Its core platforms—Gotham and Foundry—enable organizations to fuse large, complex datasets into operational insights used for mission planning, battlefield awareness, supply chain optimization, and enterprise decision-making.

For job seekers, Palantir offers opportunities across software engineering, data science, product development, AI/ML engineering, forward-deployed engineering, cybersecurity, and technical consulting roles. The company is especially attractive to engineers, analysts, and problem-solvers who want to work closely with real-world users in defense and intelligence environments, often deploying directly alongside government and military customers.

Unlike traditional software companies that build tools in isolation, Palantir operates in a highly applied model where engineers work directly with end users to solve mission-critical problems in real time. Employees often embed with defense, intelligence, and enterprise organizations to build and deploy software that directly supports operations in areas such as counterterrorism, military planning, logistics, and cyber defense.

As demand for AI-driven decision-making, data fusion, and real-time intelligence continues to grow across government and industry, Palantir remains one of the most influential players in defense-adjacent software. For professionals seeking high-impact technical work at the intersection of data, AI, and national security, Palantir stands out as one of the most competitive and mission-driven employers in defense technology.

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