Forward Deployed Software Engineer

Role Overview

Forward Deployed Software Engineer at Palantir Technologies. The role is based at customer sites and Palantir offices.

Company Overview

Palantir builds the world's leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, Palantir's platforms empower partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.

Role Purpose

Forward Deployed Software Engineers work directly with customers to quickly understand their greatest problems and design and implement solutions to use data against them. You will apply problem-solving ability, creativity, and technical skills to help organizations use their data to drive real impact in the world, gaining rare insight into and contributing to some of the world's most important industries and institutions.

Key Responsibilities

Problem Definition & Strategy

• Understand customer problems through direct engagement, starting with open-ended questions like "Why are we delaying so many flights?" or "How can we better identify instances of money laundering?"
• Establish strategy for your team.
• Unpack problems and understand the costs and consequences of solutions.

Design & Implementation

• Design and implement solutions to use data against customer problems.
• Own end-to-end execution of high-stakes projects.
• Code custom web applications.
• Wrangle massive-scale data.

Stakeholder Management & Communication

• Work with customer executives.
• Discuss architecture with fellow engineers.
• Work in small teams with minimal supervision.

Skills & Competencies

• Problem-solving ability and creativity.
• Technical skills in software engineering.
• Ability to learn new technologies and languages.
• Autonomy and independent decision-making.
• Capability to work with high-stakes, critical operations.

Additional Information

• Customers rely on Palantir platforms for some of their most critical operations.
• Ideal for those who aspire to be entrepreneurs or engineering leaders.
• You will work autonomously within a community that supports and challenges your growth and development.