Applied AI Engineer for Defense: Build Agents

Palantir; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

2 weeks paid time off

10 paid holidays

Job summary

Palantir, a world-changing company, is hiring engineers for its Defense Applied AI product team to own end-to-end agent experiences and deliver high-value AI capabilities for warfighter use cases.

You will collaborate across UX, data, and engineering to refine workflows, optimize performance, and produce reliable, scalable AI products that empower users in mission-critical environments.

Qualifications

• Experience coding in Java, C++, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages.
• Strong software engineering skills and experience delivering production applications.
• Strong proficiency in React and Typescript.
• Engineering background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics or similar field.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to iterate quickly with teammates.
• Active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design and build AI agents to 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.

Skills

Java

C++

Python

JavaScript

LLMs

Agent design

Education

CS/Math/Software Eng/Physics degree

Tools

React

Typescript

Job description

Palantir, a world-changing company, is hiring engineers for its Defense Applied AI product team to own end-to-end agent experiences and deliver high-value AI capabilities for warfighter use cases.

You will collaborate across UX, data, and engineering to refine workflows, optimize performance, and produce reliable, scalable AI products that empower users in mission-critical environments.