Semester at Palantir, Internship

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 Program

Global conflict, campus environments, and the political climate reinforce America’s — and more broadly the West’s — need for smart people with moral clarity to solve problems that matter. Nowhere else is there a greater concentration of these individuals and issues than at Palantir.

In December 2023, we launched the Semester at Palantir program for students who desire to accelerate their career and learn by doing — working on meaningful, real-world problems rather than academic exercises, especially at universities where teaching has strayed.

We are proud to announce another cohort of the program. University fellows will join as Deployment Strategists (Echos) or Forward Deployed Engineers (Deltas) alongside full-time Palantirians, supplemented with programming curated to fuel growth and criticality. The Fall 2025 program runs from September-December 2025.

The Role

You’ll work alongside a team solving a variety of technical problems — contributing to Palantir products and customer outcomes. In this role, the challenges you'll encounter will require a curious and analytical approach, a sharp intuition for product, and a strong degree of user insight to ultimately empower our customers to improve decisions.

Our customers come to us seeking AI-powered solutions to safeguard their troops, manufacture high quality products across complex supply chains, power hospitals operations, or deliver aid to refugees securely. You'll transform their ideas from prototype to tangible product, crafting innovative workflows that turn their vision into reality. You may also be deployed to Palantir internal teams and problems. You will be matched to roles based on your skills, interests, and experience.

• Ability to communicate and collaborate with a variety of individuals, including engineers, users and non-technical team members
• Willingness to learn proactively, make decisions independently, and ask questions when stuck
• Comfortable working in a constantly evolving environment with dynamic objectives and iterations
• Extraordinary ability to confront open-ended and ambiguous problems
• Experience working on technical projects and interest in using large scale data to solve valuable business problems
• Commitment to democratic values, ability to engage constructively on difficult issues, and desire to uphold Palantir’s mission of supporting the institutions underpinning western & allied nations

• US or Canadian Residency to open your personal AIP Dev Tier account for the project aspect of the application
• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree at an accredited university
• Engineering background in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, and Physics
• Taking the full fall 2025 semester off (4-5 months) to work at Palantir. Candidates cannot be enrolled in university classes during the internship

How to Apply

We’re seeking intelligent individuals who are equipped to tackle real-world challenges. To apply, we invite you to demonstrate your ability to do this by building in our AI platform, AIP. This is your opportunity to identify a problem that matters to you and develop an innovative solution.

Submit your Application

• Submit your most recent resume or CV: Please ensure that your university and expected graduation year are clearly listed.

• Application Questions:Respond to the application questions provided.

• Build in AIP submit a recorded demo: Instructions below for creating a solution of your choosing to showcase your problem solving intuition and technical ability. 

Project Submission

Once your application has been submitted, you’ll receive further information on how to get set up on AIP as well as instructions for the video and how to submit. Below is the prompt so you can think about the problem you’d like to address before receiving the detailed instructions. Please note, your application will not be considered for this program until you’ve submitted your completed demo.

•  Identify a Problem & Innovate with Data: If you could solve a problem you care about, what would it be? What data would you use? We want to understand your creativity & problem solving abilities. Describe something you’d want to dive into and a high-level approach to how you’d design a solution and what data you would use. This will not lock you into a specific idea but will help us understand how you approach problem-solving and innovation. This is intentionally an open-ended prompt.

•  Submit a demo video: Showcase your project in a < 4 minute YouTube video demonstrating the components of your workflow. This will be your chance to showcase not only what you built but share the how and why behind you project to highlight not only technical skills but abilities to communicate solutions to challenging problems.

We recommend giving yourself at least 1 week for the application process to learn how to use AIP and create a demo. Demo submissions will be due on April 25th, 2025. Submissions after this date, will not be considered. 

Salary

The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $6,500 - $10,000/month. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individual’s relevant qualifications, work experience, skills, and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any long-term incentives.

Life at Palantir

We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that’s why we celebrate individuals’ strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your longterm growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians’ lives is just one of the ways we’re investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.

In keeping consistent with Palantir’s values and culture, we believe employees are “better together” and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore, we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week), allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity. Based on business need, there are a few roles that allow for “Remote” work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the state in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.

If you want to empower the world's most important institutions, you belong here. Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer for all, including but not limited to Veterans and those with disabilities. Palantir is committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process, please reach out and let us know how we can help.

Salary : $6,500 - $10,000