UK 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 Programme

We are launching Palantir UK’s first Meritocracy Fellowship to cultivate exceptional talent, increasingly overlooked, regardless of background, based purely on merit and academic excellence, sixth form graduates will be invited to interview, and select applicants will receive a Meritocracy Fellowship. Those that excel will obtain offers to join Palantir full time.

Skip the debt. Earn the Palantir degree.

Why are we doing this?

What are the foundations of British and Western society, and what does it take to defend them? At Palantir, Fellows begin their journey by exploring these fundamental questions through curated readings and seminars with leading experts. This initial period is designed to immerse Fellows in rigorous debate and open exchange of ideas—laying the intellectual foundation before they join forward-deployed engineering or internal software teams.

Our most vital technologies cannot be created by those indifferent to their purpose. Today’s challenges demand builders who are guided by conviction and a clear sense of mission.

The Role

You will work alongside Forward Deployed Engineers and Software Developers to build software and deliver 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. You will also have weekly learning sessions and site visits to build on your experience during the fellowship.

What We Value High degree of agency, autonomy, and maturity Extraordinary ability to confront open-ended and ambiguous problems Adaptive and introspective; willing to learn, guide, lead, and follow Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively 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 Experience with programming, scripting, or statistical packages (eg. Python, R, Matlab, SQL)

What We Require A Levels certificate of graduation at the start of the internship Candidates cannot have previously earned an undergraduate degree Candidates cannot simultaneously be enrolled in university classes