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Software Engineer - Defense Applications

United States, Washington, D.C. 145000.00 - 200000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted February 18, 2026
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Job Description

Palantir’s software forms the operating system for the militaries of the United States and her allies. This is a front-end engineering role focused on marrying Palantir’s Foundry and AIP platform technologies, application specific backend services, and modern web technologies with domain expertise. The engineers build, maintain, and extend defense applications to create domain-specific workflows and interfaces.

Job Responsibility

  • Owning user-facing feature additions or enhancements
  • Spending time hands-on with customers and forward-deployed engineers to design solutions
  • Transitioning from mentee to mentor quickly
  • Teaching and learning regardless of tenure

Requirements

  • 2+ years of frontend software engineering experience
  • Strong frontend coding skills: proficiency in JavaScript and an understanding of how web technologies work
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent understanding of algorithms, performance, and systems design
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance

Nice to have

  • Autodidacticism
  • Collaboration
  • Creativity and problem solving
  • Dependability

What we offer

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Voluntary life insurance
  • Basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
  • Commuter benefits
  • Relocation assistance
  • Take what you need paid time off
  • 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year
  • 10 paid holidays
  • Supportive leave of absence program
  • Paid leave for new parents
  • Subsidized back-up care for all parents
  • Fertility and family building benefits
  • Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
  • 401k plan

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