About the role#
The Meritocracy Fellowship is a program for individuals who want to skip the traditional university path and focus on building software. You will start with a five-week curriculum focused on the ideas that shape our civilization, reading great works and visiting institutions. Following this, you will join our development or forward-deployed engineering teams. You are treated as a full-time engineer from the start, with the same responsibilities and expectations as any other team member.
What you'll do#
- Grapple with the ideas that shape our civilization.
- Read great works and visit institutions at the frontiers of knowledge.
- Work alongside other fellows to build something real.
- Work alongside customers onsite to understand their problems.
- Build against real data and ship software.
- Iterate on your work based on outcomes.
What you'll need#
- High school certificate of graduation by the start of the internship.
- You must not be enrolled in an accredited U.S. university.
- You must not have previously earned an undergraduate degree.
- A high degree of agency, autonomy, and maturity.
- Ability to confront open-ended and ambiguous problems.
- Adaptive, introspective, and willing to learn, guide, lead, and follow.
- Ability to communicate and collaborate with engineers, users, and non-technical team members.
- Proactive learning habits and the ability to make decisions independently.
- Experience with programming, scripting, or statistical packages such as Python, R, Matlab, or SQL.
Location & details#
- Location: New York, New York.
- Term: Fall 2027 (August through December).
- Work Modality: On-site.
- This is a paid, full-time position.
- We do not provide sponsorship for this role.
About Palantir Technologies
Palantir Technologies develops software for data integration and analytics. The company provides platforms for government and commercial enterprises to manage complex data sets. Its tools focus on data protection, governance, and artificial intelligence. Headquartered in Miami, the company employs nearly 6,000 people.
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