Palantir stock is up nearly 500% over the past year at the time of writing. According to new federal filings, obtained by Business Insider, Palantir pays competitively for top tech talent. Meta pays $120,000 to $480,000, Google pays $109,180 to $340,000 and Microsoft pays $82,971 to $284,000 for software engineering talent. Here Are the Exact Salaries of Staff Jobs, Including Developers, Engineers and Consultants. Palantir builds platforms to help analyze and manage data, mainly for large organizations and the U.S. government and its allies.