Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government - Federal Health and Civilian

The role

You will work directly with federal health and civilian agency customers to understand their hardest problems and build solutions. You will own end-to-end execution of high-stakes projects within small teams, including architecture, data pipelines, workflows, and AI agents.

What you will do

• Work directly with customers to understand their hardest problems and build solutions against them
• Own end-to-end execution of high-stakes projects within small, high-ownership teams
• Whiteboard architecture with engineers
• Build data pipelines and operational workflows
• Deploy AI agents
• Advise customer executives
• Drive strategy with your team
• Make consequential decisions and work autonomously

Required qualifications

• Strong engineering background, preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics
• Strong coder with demonstrated proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in teams of technical and non-technical individuals
• Comfortable working in a rapidly changing environment with dynamic objectives and iteration with users
• Demonstrated ability to continuously learn, work independently, and make decisions with minimal supervision
• Willingness and interest to travel as needed
• Active U.S. security clearance at the Top Secret level, or willingness to obtain or upgrade to a Top Secret clearance

Nice to have

• Experience with healthcare, logistics, aviation, or readiness analysis
• Familiarity with AI agents, data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, front-end frameworks, and other technical tools
• Understanding of how technical decisions impact the user of what you're building

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents
• Voluntary life insurance
• Automatic basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Relocation assistance
• Flexible 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 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 with a new child

Before you apply

• An active Top Secret U.S. security clearance is required, or you must be willing to obtain or upgrade to one
• Willingness and interest to travel as needed
• Some roles allow remote work on an exceptional basis, and you must work from the state where you are employed

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. It works across federal health and civilian agencies on public health, patient care, tax record reviews and aviation safety.