Palantir
Year at Palantir - Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - Commercial
Chicago, IL · Intern · Internship
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
The bottom of this range ($10,500) is below the Level I prevailing wage of $92,789. An H-1B cannot be filed below the prevailing wage, so an offer at the floor of this band could not be sponsored as posted.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $117,083 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- You'll be held to the same performance standards as any Palantir engineer, and your career progression will be based purely on merit and impact.
- Every incentive we have points toward putting our best people in the highest-leverage positions, as fast as possible.
- You'll have the rare opportunity to gain deep insight into and directly influence some of the world's most critical industries and institutions.
Responsibilities
- Build software and deliver customer outcomes.
- You'll work in small, agile teams and own the end-to-end execution and implementation of high-stakes projects.
- Software Engineers at Palantir build software at scale to transform how organizations around the world use data.
Requirements
- You've told us you can't sit in lectures while the biggest story of our lifetime is written around you.
Compensation
- Salary The salary range for this position is estimated to be $5,900 - $10,500/month.
Company info
- We pioneered this unique position, embedding talented engineers directly with our customers to tackle their most pressing challenges head-on.
- Your contributions will have a direct impact on our customers' missions and the real world.
- You'll work on real problems: helping customers deploy AI-powered solutions, building the software platforms of the future, and transforming how organizations operate.
- FDSEs work side by side with our customers, rapidly understanding their toughest issues; architecting and building solutions that leverage business-critical data and the latest advancements in AI to solve them.
- As an FDSE Intern, you'll experience the autonomy of a startup, with the resources, mentorship, and stability of an established tech company.
Visa & Work Authorization
- security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain one, is required
This listing is sourced directly from Palantir's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.