Palantir

Software Engineer - Applied AI, Defense Applications

Palantir
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New York, NY, USAMid Level
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Base Salary

$145k - $200k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and build AI agents for defense and intelligence use cases.
  • Improve agent experiences through evaluations, memory, tool and skill design, context management, and fine-tuning.
  • Build interfaces that allow users to direct agents, monitor progress, inspect evidence, review actions, and refine results.
  • Collaborate with users, designers, engineers, and cross-functional teams to improve workflows and product experiences.
  • Own features from early experimentation through production deployment.
  • Optimize applications for speed, scalability, and reliability using performance analysis and high-scale data.

Requirements

  • Experience coding in Java, C++, Python, JavaScript, or similar programming languages.
  • Strong software engineering skills and experience delivering production applications.
  • Strong proficiency in React and TypeScript.
  • Engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or a similar field.
  • Experience building applications with LLMs, including tool design, context management, agent workflows, or evaluation.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to collaborate, iterate quickly, and incorporate feedback.
  • Active US security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US security clearance.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, voluntary life, basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance options.
  • Commuter benefits and relocation assistance.
  • Flexible take-what-you-need paid time off, two weeks of year-end paid time off subject to team needs, and ten paid holidays.
  • Supportive leave programs, including military and medical leave.
  • Paid parental leave, subsidized backup care, fertility and family-building benefits, and a new-child stipend.
  • 401(k) plan.
  • Employees are generally encouraged to work from offices; many teams offer hybrid work one or two days per week, with limited remote roles available based on business needs.
Palantir

About Palantir

5,001-10,000 employees

Palantir builds data-integration and AI-driven analytics platforms used by governments and large enterprises to run operations and make decisions. Its core products, including Gotham and Foundry (with Apollo for deployment), are sold via software subscriptions and implementation services. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Miami, it is NYSE-listed and deployed across defense, intelligence, healthcare, and industrial sectors.

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