About the position
Palantir builds the world's leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more. Forward Deployed Software Engineers (FDSEs) work directly with customers to quickly understand their greatest problems and design and implement solutions to use data against them. Our customers rely on Palantir's platforms for some of their most critical operations, and projects often start with an open ended question like 'How do we evaluate wildfire risk and optimize a power grid as a result' or 'How do we quickly assess our food supply chain and modify it to deliver life saving assistance on time?' As an FDSE, you'll apply your problem solving ability, creativity, and technical skills to help organizations use their data to drive a real impact in the world. You'll have the opportunity to gain rare insight into and contribute to some of the world's most important industries and institutions.
Responsibilities
- Work in small teams with minimal supervision and own end-to-end execution of high stakes projects.
- Discuss architecture with fellow engineers.
- Wrangle massive-scale data.
- Code a custom web app.
- Speak with customer executives.
- Establish strategy for your team.
Requirements
- Active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance.
- Engineering background, preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science.
- Proficiency with one or more programming languages, such as Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar.
Nice-to-haves
- Ability to continuously learn, work independently, and make decisions with minimal direction.
- Ability to collaborate in teams of technical and non-technical individuals.
- Eagerness to creatively solve technical problems with data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, front-end frameworks, and other technical tools.
- Interest in working with and using large scale data to solve valuable business problems.
- Willingness and interest to travel as needed to client sites.
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 Palantir's 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 back-up 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 Palantir's 401k plan.
