Meritocracy Fellowship

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.

The Program

Opaque admissions standards at many American universities have displaced meritocracy and excellence. As a result, qualified students are being denied an education based on subjective and shallow criteria. Absent meritocracy, campuses have become breeding grounds for extremism and chaos.

Palantir is proud to launch the Meritocracy Fellowship in response to the shortcomings of university admissions. Based solely on merit and academic excellence, students will be invited to interview, and select applicants will receive an internship offer at Palantir.

Upon successful completion of the Meritocracy Fellowship, fellows that have excelled during their time at Palantir will be given the opportunity to interview for full-time employment at Palantir.

Skip the debt. Skip the indoctrination. Get the Palantir Degree. 

The Role

You’ll work alongside a full-time team solving a variety of technical problems that contribute to Palantir products and customer outcomes. In this role, the challenges you'll seek will require a curious and analytical approach, a sharp intuition for product, and a strong degree of user insight.

Our customers come to us seeking AI-powered solutions to protect soldiers on battlefields, manufacture high-quality products across complex supply chains, power hospitals' operations, and safely deliver aid to refugees. You'll transform their ideas from prototype to tangible product, crafting innovative workflows that turn their vision into reality. You may also be deployed to Palantir internal teams and problems. You will be matched to roles based on your skills, interests, and experience.

• Extraordinary ability to confront open-ended and ambiguous problems
• Adaptive and introspective; willing to learn, guide, lead and follow
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with a variety of individuals, including engineers, users and non-technical team members
• Willingness to learn proactively, make decisions independently, and ask questions when stuck
• Comfort working in a constantly evolving environment with dynamic objectives and iterations
• Experience with programming, scripting, or statistical packages (eg. Python, R, Matlab, SQL) is a plus 

• High school certificate of graduation at the start of the internship
• 1460 or higher SAT score / 33 or higher ACT score
• Candidates cannot be enrolled in an accredited US university
• Taking the full fall 2025 semester off (4 months) to work at Palantir. Candidates cannot be enrolled in university classes

Salary

The salary range for this position is estimated to be $5,400/month. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individual’s relevant qualifications, work experience, skills, and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any long-term incentives.

Life at Palantir

We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that’s why we celebrate individuals’ strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your longterm growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians’ lives is just one of the ways we’re investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.

In keeping consistent with Palantir’s values and culture, we believe employees are “better together” and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore, we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week), allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity. Based on business need, there are a few roles that allow for “Remote” work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the state in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.

If you want to empower the world's most important institutions, you belong here. Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer for all, including but not limited to Veterans and those with disabilities. Palantir is committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process, please reach out and let us know how we can help.