Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Japan Government

The role

You will work directly with government customers in Japan to understand their hardest problems and design and build data-driven software solutions. You will work in small teams with minimal supervision, owning projects end to end. Travel to client sites is required.

What you will do

• Work directly with customers to understand their greatest problems
• Design and implement solutions that use data to address those problems
• Own end-to-end execution of high stakes projects
• Discuss architecture with engineers, wrangle large-scale data, code custom web apps
• Speak with customer executives and set strategy for your team
• Travel to client sites as needed

Required qualifications

• Proficient in both English and Japanese
• Security clearance, or the ability to obtain clearance
• 1+ years of relevant post-college work experience
• Strong engineering background, such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or Data Science
• Willingness to travel 25 to 75% of the time

Nice to have

• Highly analytical mindset and eagerness to solve technical problems
• Experience or interest in working with large scale data for business problems
• Strong coder in Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar
• Ability to collaborate in teams of technical and non-technical people
• Ability to learn continuously, work independently, and make decisions with minimal supervision

Benefits

• Support for health and well-being across all areas of life
• Growth opportunities without traditional career ladders

Before you apply

• Security clearance is required or must be obtainable
• Must be proficient in both English and Japanese
• Travel of 25 to 75% is required

About the company

Palantir builds software for data-driven decisions and operations, used by partners to develop drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, and locate missing children. Its platforms support some of the world's most important institutions.