Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Korea Forward Deployed

The role

You will work with customers around the world to design and build software solutions to their hardest problems. Projects start with open questions and move from system design and prototyping to application development and data integration.

What you will do

• Understand customers' main pain points and design end-to-end solutions
• Lead solution development from high-level system design and prototyping to application development and data integration
• Gather constant feedback from customers and colleagues and improve products through rapid iteration
• Use Palantir products, open source technologies and custom tools to create real impact
• Work with customers, often on site, to understand and solve their problems

Required qualifications

• Strong engineering background, preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering or Physics
• Strong coder with demonstrated proficiency in languages such as Python, Java, C++ or TypeScript/JavaScript
• Familiarity with data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure and front-end frameworks
• Understanding of how technical decisions impact the user
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical team members
• Comfortable in a rapidly changing environment with dynamic objectives
• Ability to learn continuously, work independently and make decisions with minimal supervision
• Willingness and interest to travel within the country as needed
• Active Top Secret Clearance with eligibility and willingness to obtain SCI

Nice to have

• Experience with logistics, materiel, sustainment, aviation or readiness analysis

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance, with voluntary life insurance for employees and eligible dependents
• Basic life, AD&D and disability insurance, automatically covered
• Commuter benefits
• Standard new hire relocation benefit if relocating more than 50 miles for a SOFA deployment to Korea
• Flexible paid time off, not accrual based
• 2 weeks paid time off at the end of each year, subject to team and business needs
• 10 paid holidays per 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

• Active Top Secret clearance is required, with eligibility and willingness to obtain SCI
• Role supports US Government work and is located in Seoul, South Korea
• If hired to deploy via SOFA to Korea, the standard relocation benefit applies

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.