Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government

The role

You will work with customers to understand their hardest problems and design end-to-end technical solutions, from system design and prototyping to application development and data integration. Projects are often on site with customers around the globe.

What you will do

• Understand customers' greatest pain points and design end-to-end solutions
• Lead solution development from high-level system design and prototyping to application development and data integration
• Collect constant feedback from customers and colleagues and iterate quickly to improve products
• Deploy technical solutions to solve customers' hardest problems
• Work with customers globally on site, adapting to regulatory environments, data types and user populations

Required qualifications

• Strong engineering background, in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering or Physics
• Strong coder with demonstrated proficiency in languages such as Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript or similar
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in teams of technical and non-technical people
• Comfortable working in a rapidly changing environment with dynamic objectives and user iteration
• Demonstrated ability to learn continuously, work independently and make decisions with minimal supervision
• Understanding of how technical decisions affect the user of what you build
• Willingness and interest to travel as needed
• Active US Security Clearance at or above the Top Secret level

Nice to have

• Experience with logistics, materiel, sustainment, aviation or readiness analysis
• Familiarity with data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, front-end frameworks and other technical tools

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance, plus voluntary life insurance for employees and eligible dependents
• Basic life, AD&D and disability insurance, automatically covered
• 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 a year
• Leave of absence program, including military service and medical events
• Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents
• Fertility and family building benefits, including adoption, surrogacy and preservation
• Stipend for expenses that come with a new child
• 401k plan

Before you apply

• An active US Security Clearance at or above Top Secret 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. The company describes itself as an Equal Opportunity Employer.