Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer, Internship - US Government

Palantir; New York (NY); On-site; USD 34,440,000 - 48,216,000; Full time

Job summary

Palantir in New York is seeking a Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer (FDIE) intern to join a real production team. You will work alongside full-time FDIEs to deploy and operate Palantir software across live environments, automate manual runbooks, and tackle infrastructure challenges.

This internship offers hands-on ownership, exposure to Foundry and Apollo, and the chance to design scalable improvements that span deployments and teams.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and operate Palantir software across production environments.
• Automate manual processes and design scalable infrastructure improvements.

Job description

The Role

Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineers (FDIEs) build, operate, and maintain the infrastructure that powers Palantir’s platforms and production deployments. As an FDIE intern, you’ll work alongside full-time FDIEs to deploy and operate Palantir software across real production environments, automate manual processes, and develop novel solutions to infrastructure challenges using tools like Foundry and Apollo. Every day looks different — you might be debugging a distributed systems issue, building automation to replace a manual runbook, or designing infrastructure improvements that scale across multiple deployments. You’ll be treated as a full member of the team, with real ownership over the work you take on.