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Software Engineer, New Grad - Infrastructure

Palantir

£90,000 – £110,000

London (Hybrid)

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Palantir · London (Hybrid) · £90,000 – £110,000

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Honest Review

By Robert (Recent Uni Grad)

Palantir builds data and AI platforms used by governments, militaries, banks, and large enterprises. Their London office is their main European base [1] The Times: Palantir chooses London for AI hub . This is an internal infrastructure engineering role, building the developer tooling and platform foundations that other Palantir engineers use. Salary is not on the listing. Based on Levels.fyi data for Palantir London new grad engineers, base salary is estimated at £90K–£110K [2] Palantir Software Engineer Salaries in London - Levels.fyi

Used to estimate new grad base salary range

. This role is less client-facing than the FDSE track — you are building internal systems rather than working directly with customers. The stack includes Java, Go, TypeScript, Cassandra, Spark, and Elasticsearch. Palantir's ethical track record is worth knowing about [3] The Guardian: Palantir NHS contract controversy . Written questions required.

About the Company

• Palantir builds data and AI platforms for governments and enterprises

• Around 4,400 employees globally with a major London office [1] The Times: Palantir chooses London for AI hub

About the Role

• An infrastructure engineering role building the internal developer tooling and platform foundations that underpin Foundry, Gotham, and Apollo

• You join one of four infrastructure teams: backend infrastructure, developer infrastructure, frontend infrastructure, or storage infrastructure

• You are paired with a mentor and work on real projects from the start

Key Responsibilities

• Building and improving internal developer tooling and platform infrastructure

• Working on backend services, build systems, frontend infrastructure, or database and search systems depending on team

• Improving developer productivity and platform reliability

• Contributing to open-source tooling such as Blueprint (Palantir's UI framework)

Requirements

Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or related field
Experience coding in Java, C++, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, or similar
Familiarity with data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, or front-end frameworks

Nice-to-haves

Interest in reading open-source library source code (e.g. Cassandra, Chromium)
Familiarity with Kubernetes, Gradle, or CircleCI

Potential Red Flags

• Salary not disclosed on the posting, estimated from Levels.fyi data instead [2] Palantir Software Engineer Salaries in London - Levels.fyi
Note: Used to estimate new grad base salary range
• Palantir's work with military, intelligence, and immigration agencies is ethically contested [3] The Guardian: Palantir NHS contract controversy
• Written application questions required

What is this?

At HonestGrad, we review the company and application process to flag any potential issues you might experience. These are subjective observations based on our research. They don't necessarily mean the job is bad, just things worth being aware of.