Product Designer, New Grad

Palantir Technologies

Product Designer in Design Team at Palantir, creating intuitive user experiences for complex software solutions. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to refine and innovate on product design.

Posted 8/1/2026full-timePalo Alto • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesEntry Level💰 $130,000 - $135,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in interaction and visual design, user research methodologies, and collaboration with engineering teams. Proficient in design tools and familiar with frontend technologies to effectively communicate and execute design concepts.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Interaction DesignUser ResearchFigma PrototypingHTML/CSS/JavaScript/TypeScript FamiliarityUS Security Clearance Eligibility

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Hard Skills

Interaction DesignVisual DesignPrototypingUser ResearchUsability TestingContextual InquiryHTMLCSSJavaScriptTypeScript

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunicationFlexibility

Tools & Technologies

Figma

Certifications & Qualifications

US Security Clearance Eligibility

Industry Keywords

Software Interface DesignProduct DesignQualitative ResearchQuantitative MetricsCustomer Interviews

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaScriptTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Interaction and visual design. As a product designer, you'll be involved at every stage of design work. You'll help define early product concepts, flesh out the high-level workflow and micro-interactions of a feature, and execute on a crisp and effective visual design. You should have experience designing and prototyping using tools such as Figma.
User research. We frequently do informal user research, and value people who can be flexible with research processes and methodologies to achieve the right outcome. You'll often visit customer offices to interview and learn from the users we serve. You'll pair qualitative methods (e.g. scripted usability tests and contextual inquiry) with quantitative information, like product and usage metrics.
Deliver and communicate designs in close collaboration. We work closely with product and forward deployed engineers to realize our design ideas. You'll treat engineers and product managers as partners and collaborate with them to prototype and build out products.
Awareness of how software interfaces are built. Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Typescript is appreciated. You don't need to be an expert—just fluent enough to collaborate with engineers, and know what's possible with frontend technologies.
Designers at Palantir have great autonomy over their work, so a wide skill set is necessary. However, many designers on the team are also passionate experts in one area. You might be the kind of designer who ships code every week, or the kind of designer who shares detailed user research findings with your team.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must be planning on graduating in 2027.
Active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance.
A portfolio demonstrating at least one software interface design project. If parts of your portfolio are password-protected, please include your portfolio password under 'Additional Questions' when applying.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance
Employees are automatically covered by Palantir’s basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
Commuter benefits
Relocation assistance
Take what you need paid time off, not accrual based
2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)
10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events
Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents
Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
Employees can enroll in Palantir’s 401k plan