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Salary: USD 135,000 - 200,000 / annual
Palantir Technologies is seeking a Forward Deployed Software Engineer (FDSE) to design and deploy end-to-end technical solutions for US Government customers. FDSEs work directly with customers to understand their most critical pain points—from detecting insider trading and improving disaster relief to fighting healthcare fraud—and develop innovative solutions that drive real impact.
In this role, you will:
- Lead the full lifecycle of technical projects, from high-level system design and prototyping through application development and data integration
- Deploy groundbreaking solutions using Palantir's core platforms, custom applications, and open-source technologies
- Work with customers globally across diverse industries and institutions, gaining insight into the world's most important sectors
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including other FDSEs, product teams, and Deployment Strategists
- Iterate rapidly based on constant feedback from customers and colleagues
- Work autonomously and make independent decisions within a supportive community
- Travel as needed to customer sites
You will leverage a modern technology stack including Palantir products, Postgres, Cassandra, Hadoop, Spark, Java, Groovy, TypeScript, React, Python, and AWS cloud infrastructure.
The role emphasizes impact, dedication, collaboration, trust, growth, and continuous learning. You'll tackle novel problems that require picking up new information quickly and applying it to drive progress. Whether you aspire to entrepreneurship or engineering leadership, Palantir positions you to learn how to unpack complex problems, understand solution costs and consequences, and develop new technologies.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Active US Security Clearance at or above Top Secret level, or willingness to obtain/upgrade to Top Secret or above (required)
- Strong engineering background, preferably in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, or Physics
- Strong coding proficiency in Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar languages
- Familiarity with data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, and front-end frameworks
- Experience with logistics, materiel, sustainment, aviation, or readiness analysis (preferred)
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical teams
- Comfort working in rapidly changing environments with dynamic objectives and user iteration
- Ability to continuously learn, work independently, and make decisions with minimal supervision
- Understanding of how technical decisions impact end users
- Willingness and interest to travel as needed
