Software Engineer - Applied AI, Defense ApplicationsNew$145K–$200K

The opportunity

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.

What you'll do

  • Design and build AI agents that help defense and intelligence users: investigate complex questions, analyze operational data, develop plans, and produce actionable work

  • Relentlessly focus on improving agent experience through data-driven evals: across memory, tool and skill design, context management, fine-tuning, and more

  • Actively improve user workflows by collaborating with cross-functional teams,: ensuring seamless experiences across product boundaries and a cohesive user experience

  • Build intuitive interfaces that let users direct agents, follow their: progress, inspect supporting evidence, review proposed actions, and refine the resulting work

  • Own features from early experimentation through production deployment,: working with users, designers, and engineers to turn specific mission needs into reliable, reusable product capabilities

  • Optimizing applications for speed and scalability through performance: analysis and with high-scale, complex data

What they're looking for

  • Strong product instincts and attention to the details that make complex software intuitive and useful
  • Ability to communicate and collaborate with a variety of individuals,: including engineers, users and non-technical team members
  • Experience building applications with LLMs, including tool design, context: management, agent workflows, or evaluation
  • Willingness to learn and make decisions independently, the ability to ask: questions effectively, and the skills to iterate directly with users and own core outcomes