Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government

The Role

Forward Deployed Software Engineers (FDSEs) understand our customers’ greatest pain points and design end-to-end solutions to address them. FDSEs solicit constant feedback on their work from both customers and colleagues, improving our products over time with rapid iteration cycles.

FDSEs deploy groundbreaking technical solutions to solve our customers’ hardest problems. Projects often start with nebulous questions, and FDSEs lead the way in developing a solution, from high-level system design and prototyping to application development and data integration. You will leverage Palantir products, open source technologies, and anything you and your team can build to drive real impact.

Technologies We Use

• Core Palantir products provide the foundations for our deployments.
• Custom applications built on top of core Palantir platforms.
• Postgres, Cassandra, Hadoop, and Spark for distributed data storage and parallel computing.
• Java and Groovy for our back-end applications and data integration tools.
• TypeScript, React, Leaflet, and d3 for our web technologies.
• Python for data processing and analysis.
• Palantir cloud infrastructure based on AWS EC2 and S3.

What We Value

• Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance.
• Strong engineering background, preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics.
• Experience with logistics, materiel, sustainment, aviation, or readiness analysis is a plus.
• Familiarity with data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, front-end frameworks, and other technical tools.
• Understanding of how technical decisions impact the user of what you’re building.
• Strong coder with demonstrated proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in teams of technical and non-technical individuals, and comfortable working in a rapidly changing environment with dynamic objectives and iteration with users.
• Demonstrated ability to continuously learn, work independently, and make decisions with minimal supervision.
• Willingness and interest to travel as needed.