Palantir
Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer, Internship - US Government
Washington, D.C. · On-site · Internship · Posted Jul 10, 2026
- Education
- Engineering background preferred in specified fields; no degree requirement stated.
About the job
Deploys, operates, and improves Palantir infrastructure and software in production environments, including automating operations and solving reliability and scalability challenges.
What you'll do
- Deploy and operate software in production, including monitoring, alerting, configuration management, and upgrades.
- Debug and optimize services and infrastructure for reliability and scalability; automate manual workflows and runbooks.
- Develop infrastructure solutions using Foundry and Apollo.
What they ask for
- Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain one before the internship starts.
- Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as Python, Java, Go, C++, or TypeScript/JavaScript.
- Must plan to graduate in 2028; this must be the final internship before graduating.
Nice to have
- Engineering background, preferably in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or Data Science.
Pay
$10,000/month (salary; base salary or total pay not specified)
Tools
Foundry, Apollo, Python, Java, Go, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript
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