Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government
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15-03-2025
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Yearly Salary
$ 135000 - 200000
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1 Vacancy
Posted on :
15-03-2025
Job Description
A WorldChanging Company
Palantir builds the worlds leading software for datadriven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving forecast supply chain disruptions locate missing children and more.
The Role
Forward Deployed Software Engineers (FDSEs) understand our customers greatest pain points and design endtoend 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 ground breaking technical solutions to solve our customers hardest problems. Projects often start with a nebulous question like Why are we losing customers or How can we more effectively identify instances of money laundering FDSEs lead the way in developing a solution from highlevel system design and prototyping to application development and data integration. As an FDSE you leverage everything around you: Palantir products open source technologies and anything you and your team can build to drive real impact.
You work with customers around the globe where you gain rare insight into the worlds most important industries and institutions. We help our customers detect insider trading improve disaster relief fight healthcare fraud and more. Each mission presents different challenges from the regulatory environment to the nature of the data to the user population. You will work to accommodate all aspects of an environment to drive real technical outcomes for our customers.
Whether you aspire to be an entrepreneur or an engineering leader we believe Palantir is the best place with the best colleagues to learn how. Youll learn how to unpack a problem and understand the costs and consequences of its solution. Youll learn new technologies and languages and even develop them yourself. Youll work autonomously and make decisions independently within a community that will support and challenge you as you grow and develop.
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 backend 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.
Our Principles
- Impact: We take on meaningful and challenging projects that change the world for the better.
- Dedication: We see projects through from beginning to end in spite of obstacles we may encounter.
- Collaboration: We work internally with people from a variety of backgrounds such as other FDSEs product teams and Deployment Strategists. We also work externally with our customers often on site to understand and solve their problems.
- Trust: We trust each other to effectively manage time and prioritieswe dont micromanage. We want to give people the space to think for themselves.
- Growth: We push ourselves and our peers to improve themselves and the world around them.
- Learning: We often face entirely novel problems where we need to pick up a lot of new information and learn how to use it to make progress.
What We Value
- 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 frontend frameworks and other technical tools.
- Understanding of how technical decisions impact the user of what youre 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 nontechnical 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.
What We Require
- Active US Security Clearance at or above the Top Secret level
Salary
The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $135000 $200000/year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units signon bonus and other potential future incentives. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individuals relevant qualifications work experience skills and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any potential signon bonus; the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any longterm incentives.
Our benefits aim to promote health and wellbeing across all areas of Palantirians lives. We work to continuously improve our offerings and listen to our community as we design and update them. The list below details our available benefits and some of the perks that can be enjoyed as an employee of Palantir Technologies.
Benefits
Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical dental and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance
Employees are automatically covered by Palantirs 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 backup 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 Palantirs 401k plan
Application deadline
We accept applications on an ongoing basis.
Life at Palantir
We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes thats why we celebrate individuals strengths skills and interests from your first interview to your longterm growth rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and wellbeing across all areas of Palantirians lives is just one of the ways were investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.
In keeping consistent with Palantirs values and culture we believe employees are better together and inperson work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week) allowing our employees to strike the right tradeoff for their personal productivity. Based on business need there are a few roles that allow for Remote work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles you must work from the state in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite you are required to work from an office.
If you want to empower the worlds most important institutions you belong here. Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer for all including but not limited to Veterans and those with disabilities. Palantir is committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process please reach out and let us know how we can help.
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