Software Engineer, Internship – Infrastructure
About this internship
Palantir Technologies is hiring a Software Engineer, Internship – Infrastructure role in New York, NY with an on-site work model. In this internship, you’ll likely contribute to infrastructure-focused engineering work supporting analytics and big data products. The role aligns well with students who have an engineering background and hands-on coding experience. The listed pay range is $10000-$10000 per month.
Qualifications
Required
- Engineering background in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, or Physics.
- Familiarity with data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, front-end frameworks, and other technical tools.
- Experience coding in programming languages, such as Java, C++, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, or similar languages.
Nice to have
- Coursework or projects in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, or Physics that demonstrate strong problem-solving skills.
- Comfort explaining and implementing core data structures and algorithms in at least one programming language.
- Exposure to storage systems concepts (for example, how data is stored, retrieved, and optimized) through classes or personal projects.
- Basic familiarity with cloud infrastructure concepts and how services are deployed and monitored, even at a conceptual level.
- Experience working across a codebase that touches both back-end infrastructure and front-end frameworks, where applicable.
How to stand out (TUN tip)
Before you apply, review the role description on the careers page and tailor your resume to highlight 1–2 infrastructure-relevant projects, noting the language you used (e.g., Java, C++, Python, TypeScript, or JavaScript) and what you built. In interviews, be ready to walk through a design or debugging example that shows how you think about data structures, storage, and reliability.