Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Palantir Foundry – Delta)

📍 Location: Remote (U.S.)

💼 Job Type: 12-month Contract (Potential Extensions)

🧑 💻 Openings: 2

“Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future employer sponsorship.”

⚠️ Important Requirement

Candidates must have hands-on, real project experience with Palantir Foundry.

➡️ Profiles without genuine Palantir experience will not be considered.

About the Role

We are hiring a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Delta) to act as a technical leader within the Palantir ecosystem. This role requires deep expertise in Palantir Foundry architecture, development, and deployment, supporting enterprise-scale use cases such as Axis, inventory, and operational analytics.

You will bridge business and technology—architecting solutions, driving deployments, and delivering measurable outcomes in a complex data ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

🔹 Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Design and implement end-to-end data pipelines using Palantir Foundry
• Architect and manage the Ontology layer (object types, link types, action types, interfaces)
• Develop high-performance transforms using Python (PySpark, Pandas, Polars), SQL, and Java
• Build function-backed logic using TypeScript/Python
• Create Workshop applications and OSDK-based custom apps
• Implement enterprise-grade data governance (RBAC, ABAC, markings, restricted views)
• Design AIP-powered workflows including RAG pipelines and AI-driven automation

🔹 Deployment & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as the primary technical SME for Palantir engagements
• Lead end-to-end deployments: scoping → architecture → build → deploy → optimize
• Translate business requirements into scalable Foundry solutions
• Partner with stakeholders across business, engineering, and analytics teams
• Identify new use cases and drive platform adoption and expansion

🔹 Team Leadership & Mentorship

• Mentor and guide Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs)
• Establish best practices for:
• Code quality & reviews
• CI/CD & branching strategies
• Incremental pipeline design
• Drive knowledge sharing and internal enablement

🔹 Platform Expertise & Innovation

• Stay current with Foundry capabilities:
• Pipeline Builder, Code Workspaces
• Ontology & OSDK
• Model Studio & AIP
• Build and deploy ML models and predictive analytics solutions
• Collaborate with product teams to influence platform improvements

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years in Software Engineering / Data Engineering / Technical Consulting
• 2+ years of hands-on Palantir Foundry experience (mandatory)
• Strong programming skills in:
• Python (PySpark, Pandas, Polars)
• SQL
• TypeScript (preferred)
• Proven experience building:
• Enterprise data pipelines (batch & streaming)
• Workshop / OSDK applications
• Deep understanding of:
• Ontology design and implementation
• Foundry data lifecycle (ingestion → transformation → application)
• Strong stakeholder communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Strong expertise in BigQuery optimization & data warehousing
• Hands-on with:
• AIP (Agents, Logic, LLM workflows)
• Model Studio / ML lifecycle
• Data governance & security:
• HIPAA compliance
• Cipher, ABAC, restricted datasets
• Prior experience in healthcare or regulated industries
• Experience leading teams of 3+ engineers

Core Technical Skills

Languages: Python, SQL, TypeScript, Java

Data Engineering: PySpark, Pandas, Polars, DuckDB, Incremental Pipelines

Cloud: GCP (Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, BigQuery)

Palantir Foundry: Ontology, OSDK, Workshop, Pipeline Builder

AI/ML: AIP, Model Studio, LLM workflows, RAG

Governance: RBAC, ABAC, HIPAA, Data Security