Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - Intel at Palantir Technologies
Washington
$10,000from the description
Jun 30, 2026
Washington
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An internship for penultimate-year engineering students in which the work mirrors that of a full-time engineer: joining small teams to build data-driven software solutions directly for enterprise and government customers. Day-to-day tasks range from architecting and coding custom applications to handling large-scale data pipelines and engaging with client stakeholders on-site. An active Full Scope Poly clearance is required, and the role involves up to 25–50% travel to client locations.
Junior level · National · TS/SCI clearance · Internship
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
This is an internship role explicitly requiring candidates to be graduating in Winter 2027 or Spring 2028, and framed as a final internship before graduation.
The clearance requirement is explicitly stated as 'Active Full Scope Poly Level clearance' — a Full Scope Polygraph TS/SCI, which is the most demanding tier of TopSecretSci.
No specific work location is stated in the posting; Palantir has multiple US offices and the role involves 25–50% travel to client sites. The role is listed as onsite/in-office, not remote.
The programming language requirement lists Python, Java, C++, and TypeScript/JavaScript as interchangeable examples of 'one or more' languages — Python is used as the primary with the others as alternatives.
Cloud infrastructure and front-end frameworks appear only in the 'What We Value' (preferred) section, not in the hard requirements block.
An engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or Data Science is listed as 'preferred' in the requirements section — not a hard degree gate — so the degree requirement is set to None.
The FDSE role blends software development with on-site customer deployment and systems analysis; 15-1252 is chosen as primary given the emphasis on coding, building custom web apps, and end-to-end technical execution, with 15-1211 as a reasonable runner-up given the heavy customer-facing, problem-scoping work.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
Posting is for a internship engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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