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Software Engineer, New Grad - Defense

Palo Alto, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2025-06-19 → 2026-09-26

Core

Build software at scale for Palantir Gotham, a platform used by government, defense, and non-profit sectors to support mission-critical operations like geospatial mapping and data analysis.

Role type

New Grad Software Engineer (Defense/Government)

Builds

Gotham platform components and features for government and defense clients

Domain

Defense, Government, Non-profit

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Clean code, rapid language learning, Java, Go, TypeScript, open-source technologies (Cassandra, Spark, Elasticsearch, React, Redux), build tooling (Gradle, GitHub)

Preferred skills

Experience as a university Teaching Assistant, recent switch to computer science, hackathon participation

Technologies

Java, Go, TypeScript, Cassandra, Spark, Elasticsearch, React, Redux, Gradle, GitHub

Responsibilities

Contribute high-quality code to Gotham, collaborate with technical and non-technical counterparts, understand customer problems through direct engagement, work through the full product lifecycle from idea to shipping

Seniority

Junior, New Grad

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